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027 _aRAND/MR-231-CC
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050 0 0 _aU264
_b.L49 1993
100 1 _aLevine, Robert A.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aUniform deterrence of nuclear first use /
_cRobert A. Levine.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1993.
300 _axiii, 73 pages ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"Project on Avoiding Nuclear War: Managing Conflict in the Nuclear Age."
500 _a"RAND/UCLA Center for Soviet Studies."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 _aThis report proposes initial discussion of a United States-led international policy of Uniform Deterrence of Nuclear First Use (UD). The purpose of such a policy would be to preserve the "firebreak" between nuclear and all other types of weapons, which since 1945 has been the key to preventing nuclear combat. The report analyzes both the role of UD in achieving its primary objective of deterring first use, and implementation of punishment for first use (preferably non-nuclear punishment) if deterrence fails. The discussion stresses the distinction between the deterrence of the use of nuclear weapons, which is the purpose of UD, and policies to discourage proliferation of the possession of nuclear weapons; but it contends that UD and anti-proliferation efforts should be complementary. The primary conclusion is that although implementation after a failure of deterrence would be difficult, it would not be impossible, and that UD can materially decrease the likelihood of first use in many cases. An open question is its acceptability, internationally and within the United States, which is why this report is an opening of discussion, not a closure.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aNo first use (Nuclear strategy)
650 0 _aNuclear warfare.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xMilitary policy.
710 2 _aRand/UCLA Center for Soviet Studies.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 2 _aCarnegie Corporation of New York.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_u http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/2006/MR231.pdf
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