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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Nuclear attack"”.
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British civil defence policy in response to the threat of nuclear attack 1972-1986
… policies aimed at mitigating the effects of a nuclear attack on the population of Britain. It tests the hypothesis that civil defence in Britain from 1972 until 1986 was shaped by three distinct influences; economic, ideological and external. It establishes in which ways and to what extent …
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The Future of the U.S. Nuclear Attack Submarine and the Preservation of the Submarine Industrial Base
… analyzes the future role and utility of the nuclear-powered attact submarine and the concomitant requirement for the Navy's New Nuclear Attack Submarine (NSSN) program and the need to preserve the submarine industrial base. An investigation of the Navy's emerging doctrine on the employment of …
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No Winning Moves: Calculated Casualties and Damages of a Nuclear Attack on the United States by Russia for First and Second Strike Scenarios
Simulations of nuclear attacks are a valuable assessment tool to analyze the capabilities of arsenals in order to inform policies and negotiations. Targeting strategies were developed for Russian first strike, Russian second strike with strategic warning, and Russian second strike without strategic …
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The Civil Defence Debate in Britain 1957-1983. An account and critical analysis of the major issues in the debate about civil defence against nuclear attack
… assesses the value of civil defence against nuclear attack and investigates other issues of concern to those involved in the debate. The thesis is divided into three parts. Part one deals with the course of the debate, the issues raised and the methods used to propogate them. The role of …
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The Civil Defence Debate in Britain 1957-1983. An account and critical analysis of the major issues in the debate about civil defence against nuclear attack
… assesses the value of civil defence against nuclear attack and investigates other issues of concern to those involved in the debate. The thesis is divided into three parts. Part one deals with the course of the debate, the issues raised and the methods used to propogate them. The role of …
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Maximizing leverage : explaining China's strategic force postures in limited wars
How do nuclear-armed states maximize strategic leverage to coerce their adversaries in limited wars? Although the existing literature has examined how states have used their nuclear weapons as sources of strategic leverage, it has not fully explored the challenges states face in using these …
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Minimal nuclear deterrence : a nuclear arsenal reduction plan for the United States
… political climate has called for reductions to nuclear arsenals around the world. This thesis researches how potential deep cuts to the United States' large strategic nuclear arsenal would affect its current nuclear deterrence goals. First, case studies on pre-1960 United States, 1964-2012 …
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Economics of Emergencies: North Carolina, Civil Defense, and the Cold War, 1940 – 1963
… skeptical of the ability to defend against nuclear attack, the assignment of disaster relief responsibility to civil defense provided a new avenue along which federal “defense” funds would flow. North Carolina’s civil defense history broadly mirrors the changes and evolution in the federal …
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United States Deterrance Policy in the 1960's: Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Publicly Speak Out
… relied mainly on the retaining of a strategic nuclear force capable of surviving a nuclear attack with enough counter force to destroy the aggressor. During that decade members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff also stressed that conventional non-nuclear war was more likely to come about than …