Title: The nuclear turning point :
Authors: Feiveson, Harold A.; Blair, Bruce G.,; Brookings Institution.
Date: 1999
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press,
Physical description: xiv, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: J
Abstract: "Despite a steep drawdown in U.S. and Russian nuclear forces in the years after 1991, both the United States and Russia continue to maintain large arsenals of strategic nuclear weapons poised for immediate launch. Under the most optimistic projections, these arsenals will remain large and launch-ready for decades. This book critically evaluates this posture and its underlying rationale. It reviews U.S. nuclear strategy and assesses the risks of inadvertent and deliberate nuclear attack in today's world with special attention given to a deteriorating Russian command and control system."--Jacket. "The authors argue that small U.S. and Russian arsenals on low alert satisfy all reasonable requirements of deterrence while greatly alleviating the more urgent problem of operational safety. They present a blueprint for making deep cuts in these arsenals and for taking them off hair-trigger alert."--Jacket.
Contents: Staged Reductions and De-Alerting Nuclear Forces. Nuclear Arms Control at a Crossroads. A Strategy of Staged Reductions and De-Alerting of Nuclear Forces -- Nuclear Strategy. Limiting the Role of Nuclear Weapons. Nuclear Strategy and Targeting Doctrine -- The Deep Cuts and De-Alerting Program. Ballistic Missile Defenses and Deep Reductions. De-Alerting Strategic Nuclear Forces. Nuclear Forces under Staged Reductions. Tactical and Reserve Nuclear Warheads. Transparency and Irreversibility in Nuclear Warhead Dismantlement. Completing the Deep Cuts Regime. Verifying Deep Reductions in Nuclear Forces. The Next Nuclear Posture Review? -- Why Not Abolition? The Road to Abolition: How Far Can We Go? International Perspectives. Deep Cuts and De-alerting: A Russian Perspective / Alexei Arbatov. China's Nuclear Disarmament Policy / Li Bin. New Stages of Nuclear Disarmament: A European View / Therese Delpech. A View from Germany / Harald Muller. A Nuclear Gordian Knot: South Asia and the Limits of Deep Cuts / Zia Mian and M. V. Ramana. Pakistan and the Deep Cuts Regime / Pervez Hoodbhoy. Back to Sanity: An Israeli View of the Effects of Deep Reductions / Shai Feldman.
Subject headings (LCSH): Nuclear arms control.; Nuclear disarmament.; Nuclear weapons--United States.; Nuclear weapons.; Security, International.