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If brinkmanship continues -- If nuclear war comes -- Methods of settling disputes in the nuclear age -- Programme of steps towards peace -- New outlook needed before negotiations -- Disarmament -- Steps towards conciliation -- Territorial adjustments -- Approach to an international authority -- Some necessary changes in outlook.

A practitioner's perspective on how artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies could change the role of nuclear weapons in international relations. Geist argues that artificial intelligence could make a huge impact on deterrence and strategic stability even if it does not render retaliatory forces vulnerable.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Air Force Acronyms -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Air Force and Strategic Missiles -- 2. Evolution of the Minuteman Force Levels -- 3. Minuteman in Context -- 4. Solid Propellant Comes of Age -- 5. From Polaris Came Minuteman -- 6. Siting and Facility Design -- 7. Construction and Activation -- 8. Motors and Airframe -- 9. Mark 5 and 11 Series Reentry Vehicles -- 10. Guidance and Control -- 11. Targeting Minuteman -- 12. Research and Development Flight Programs -- 13. Operational Flight and Evaluation Programs -- 14. Operational Base Missile Test Programs -- 15. Aspects of Command and Control -- 16. Keeping Pace: Modernization and Upgrades -- 17. Force Reduction -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Construction, Acceptance, and Activation Summaries -- Appendix B: Flight Test Programs -- Appendix C: Operational Flight Test and Evaluation Programs -- Appendix D: Airborne Launch Control Center Panels -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

A field-tested guide to surviving a nuclear attack, written by a revered civil defense expert. This edition of Cresson H. Kearny's iconic Nuclear War Survival Skills (originally published in 1979), updated by Kearny himself in 1987 and again in 2001, offers expert advice for ensuring your family's safety should the worst come to pass. Chock-full of practical instructions and preventative measures, Nuclear War Survival Skills is based on years of meticulous scientific research conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Featuring a new introduction by ex-Navy SEAL Don Mann, this book also includes: instructions for six different fallout shelters, myths and facts about the dangers of nuclear weapons, tips for maintaining an adequate food and water supply, a foreword by "the father of the hydrogen bomb," physicist Dr. Edward Teller, and an "About the Author" note by Eugene P. Wigner, physicist and Nobel Laureate. Written at a time when global tensions were at their peak, Nuclear War Survival Skills remains relevant in the dangerous age in which we now live

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1 Man as a war-making animal; 2 The underlying fallacy in the nuclear debate; 3 Our received idea of war; 4 War: an inherently cumulative process; 5 War and power; 6 The unlearnt lessons of the nuclear age; 7 War Studies, Peace Studies and Survival Studies; INDEX.

Nuclear weapons, once thought to have been marginalized by the end of the Cold War, have returned with a vengeance to the centre of US security concerns and to a world bereft of the old certainties of deterrence. This is a major analysis of these new strategic realities. The George W. Bush administration, having deposed the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, now points to a new nuclear "Axis of Evil": Iran and North Korea. These nations and other rogue states, as well as terrorists, may pose key threats because they are "beyond deterrence", which was based on the credible fear of retaliation after attack. This new study places these and other developments, such as the clear potential for a new nuclear arms race in Asia, within the context of evolving US security policy. Detailing the important milestones in the development of US nuclear strategy and considering the present and future security dilemmas related to nuclear weapons, this is a major new contribution to our understanding of the present international climate and the future. Individual chapters are devoted to the key issues of missile defenses, nuclear proliferation and Israel's nuclear deterrent. This book will be of great interest to all students and scholars of strategic studies, international relations and US foreign policy.

"This series started in 1981 with the Erice Seminars when the danger of a nuclear East-West confrontation was menacing the world. The volumes reproduce the crucial steps, from the Nuclear Winter to the Strategic Defense Initiative. After the collapse of the U.S.S.R., new emergencies are now to be faced such as the danger of proliferation of Weapons for Mass Destruction (WMD), the North-South confrontation on ecological problems and the new deal for Science and Technology to help developing countries in their struggle for a better standard of life. The Erice Seminars have attracted the attention of world leaders in Science, Technology and Culture."--

"Every generation, a journalist has looked deep into the heart of the nuclear military establishment: the technologies, the safeguards, the plans, and the risks. These projects are vital to how we understand the world we really live in: where one nuclear missile begets one in return; where the choreography of the world's end requires massive decisions made on seconds-notice, with information that is only as good as the intelligence we have. Annie Jacobsen's Nuclear War: A Scenario explores this ticking clock scenario, based on dozens of new interviews with military and civilian experts who have built the weapons; created the response plans; and been responsible for those decisions should they need to have been made. Nuclear War: A Scenario is unlike any other book in its depth and urgency"--