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10 Cards in this Set
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Deterrence
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-Commitment: "Defender" warns vs. certain action
-Capability: Physical means -Credibility: Physical means |
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Deterrence: Issues for US
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-Deterring all-out attack on US homeland
-What about less than all-out attack? How do you respond? -Costs |
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Extended Deterrence
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-The US had extended its deterrent to protect other countries that were vulnerable to attack from Soviet Union and/or its allies
-Against non-nuclear attack: Chemical, Biological, Conventional -Credibility: "Aggressor" believes deterrent will be used. Also believes worse off if attacks "pawn" |
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Virtues of "Extended Deterrence"
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-Preventing general war
-"Better a world with nuclear weapons but no major war, than a world with major war but no nuclear weapons." -"There are monuments to the futility of conventional deterrence in every village in Europe" - Reduced defense costs -Non-proliferation |
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Mutual Assured Destructions (MAD)
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-Declaratory policy
-New emphasis "counter-value" targeting Soviet cities -Hope of achieving strategic stability -There would be no incentive to launch a first strike |
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Aspects of MADness
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-Invulnerable deterrent
-Achieve stability by eliminating incentive for preemptive attack. -Survivability strategic forces (Avoid "use it or lose it" -Triad --intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM's) --Submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM's) --Manned bombers -No protection of society vs. nuclear attack --might weaken effectiveness other's deterrent --might look aggressice |
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Counterforce
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A target that has military value
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Counter-value
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Targeting opponents cities and civilian populations
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Nuclear Utilization Theory (NUTS)
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NUTS theory at its most basic level asserts that it is possible for a limited nuclear exchange to occur and that nuclear weapons are simply one more rung on the ladder of escalation
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Schlesinger Doctrine
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-Named after the Secretary of Defense for Nixon-Ford.
-"Reinforce Deterrence" -"Implementable threat" -Flexibility if deterrence failed -Counterforce |
