The 1983 nuclear crisis : lessons for deterrence, theory and practice / Dmitry (Dima Adamsky)
Language: English Subject(s): In: The Journal of Strategic Studies . -- Vol. 36 No. 1, (Feb. 2013)Abstract: This article distills insights for the scholarship of deterrence by examining the 1983 nuclear crisis, the moment of maximum danger of the late Cold War. this article suggests an alternative interpretation of Soviet and US conduct. It argues that the then US deterrence strategy almost produced Soviet nuclear overreaction by nearly turning a NATO exercise into a prelude to a preventive Soviet attack.Revista R0231 (MAEC -Biblioteca Central)
This article distills insights for the scholarship of deterrence by examining the 1983 nuclear crisis, the moment of maximum danger of the late Cold War. this article suggests an alternative interpretation of Soviet and US conduct. It argues that the then US deterrence strategy almost produced Soviet nuclear overreaction by nearly turning a NATO exercise into a prelude to a preventive Soviet attack.