Denial Without Disaster--Keeping a U.S.-China Conflict Over Taiwan Under the Nuclear Threshold: Vol. 4, Imagining Escalation Pathways to Chinese Nucle

by Dahlia Anne Goldfeld, Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Edward Geist

In this report--part of a larger study of prospective nuclear escalation risks in a U.S.-China military conflict--the authors draw on historical experience and analytic strategic theory to explore how U.S. joint long-range strike could adapt to better balance military operational effectiveness, force survivability, and escalation management to achieve desired objectives while avoiding catastrophic escalation, specifically Chinese nuclear first use...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977413579
• ISBN13: 9781977413574
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 146 Pages