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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818279503321

Autore

Gray Colin S

Titolo

Strategic studies and public policy : the American experience / / Colin S. Gray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, KY : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1982

©1982

ISBN

0-8131-6318-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 pages)

Collana

Essays for the Third Century : America and a Changing World

Classificazione

355.43

Soggetti

United States Military policy

United States Foreign relations 1945-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; PART I. INTRODUCTION; 1. Catalysts of Inquiry; 2. Theory, Technology, and Policy; PART II. HISTORY; 3. Adjusting to the Bomb; 4. The Golden Age; 5. Limited War and Strategic Stability; 6. Arms Control and Central War; 7. From Theory to Practice; 8. The ""New Strategy""; 9. Term of Trial; 10. Unfinished Business; PART III. APPRAISAL; 11. Strategy and Action; 12. To Advance Knowledge, To Improve Policy; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Strategic studies as a field of civilian scholarship has developed along distinctive lines in the United States since World War II. The rapid proliferation and increasing sophistication of weapons technology have required constant revision of strategic theory, while the shifting political climate, both internationally and in the United States, has had an equally powerful impact.One of the field's leading theorists now examines the history and development of American strategic studies, the varied roles assumed by civilian strategists, and their relationship with those charged with developing an