Future Roles of U.S. Nuclear Forces: Implications for U.S. Strategy

by Glenn Buchan

Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. has reexamined its basic assumptions about foreign policy and instruments of national security policy. This study examines the possible roles of nuclear weapons in contemporary U.S. national security policy. For most foreseeable combat situations, advanced conventional weapons are probably sufficiently effective if there are enough of them and they're used properly. Nuclear weapons remain the final guarantor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833029177
• ISBN13: 9780833029171
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 8.9"