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Nuclear Command and Control in NATO

Nuclear Weapons Operations and the Strategy of Flexible Response

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. Shaun R. Gregory

    1. Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Shaun R. Gregory
    Pages 1-14

  3. Political Control of Nuclear Weapons in NATO

    • Shaun R. Gregory
    Pages 15-50

  4. Nuclear Command and Control in NATO

    • Shaun R. Gregory
    Pages 51-79

  5. US Nuclear Command and Control in NATO

    • Shaun R. Gregory
    Pages 80-102

  6. Command and Control of British Nuclear Weapons

    • Shaun R. Gregory
    Pages 103-129

  7. French Nuclear Command and Control

    • Shaun R. Gregory
    Pages 130-148

  8. Political Decision-Making in Crisis and War

    • Shaun R. Gregory
    Pages 149-191

  9. Conclusion

    • Shaun R. Gregory
    Pages 192-200

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 201-251
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For more than forty years NATO premised its defence on credible nuclear deterrence. Underwriting this deterrence was NATO's strategy and the nuclear weapons and command and control systems intended to make the strategy an operational reality. This book examines NATO's attempts between 1952 and 1990 to achieve the political and military control of nuclear weapons operations in a multinational organisation. By using case-studies of US, British, French and NATO nuclear weapons operations and empirical evidence from Cold War crises it provides an analysis of NATO's experience and offers insights for the present day.

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  • Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK

    Shaun R. Gregory

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