LEADER 03749nam 22006015 450 001 9910465093903321 005 20210330010412.0 010 $a0-8014-6837-X 010 $a0-8014-6838-8 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801468384 035 $a(CKB)2560000000101872 035 $a(OCoLC)849921500 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10704788 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001035793 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11671589 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001035793 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11033476 035 $a(PQKB)10030284 035 $a(DE-B1597)481695 035 $a(OCoLC)987938830 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801468384 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138481 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000101872 100 $a20170517d2013 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aInadvertent Escalation $eConventional War and Nuclear Risks /$fBarry R. Posen 210 1$aIthaca, N.Y. :$cCornell University Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ1991 215 $a1 online resource (295 p.) 225 0 $aCornell Studies in Security Affairs 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-50403-2 311 $a0-8014-7885-5 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tTables --$tFigures --$tPreface --$t1. Introduction: A Model of Inadvertent Escalation --$t2. Air War and Inadvertent Nuclear Escalation --$t3. The Balance of Ground Forces on the Central Front --$t4. Escalation and NATO's Northern Flank --$t5. "Offensive" and "Defensive" Sea Control: A Comparative Assessment --$t6. Conclusion --$tAPPENDIX 1. The Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) Model --$tAPPENDIX 2. Central Region Close Air Support Aircraft and Attack Helicopters (1988) --$tAPPENDIX 3. The Attrition-FEBA Expansion Model: Symphony Version --$tAPPENDIX 4. A Barrier Defense Model --$tSelected Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aIn this sobering book, Barry R. Posen demonstrates how the interplay between conventional military operations and nuclear forces could, in conflicts among states armed with both conventional and nuclear weaponry, inadvertently produce pressures for nuclear escalation. Knowledge of these hidden pressures, he believes, may help some future decision maker avoid catastrophe. Building a formidable argument that moves with cumulative force, he details the way in which escalation could occur not by mindless accident, or by deliberate preference for nuclear escalation, but rather as a natural accompaniment of land, naval, or air warfare at the conventional level. Posen bases his analysis on an empirical study of the east-west military competition in Europe during the 1980's, using a conceptual framework drawn from international relations theory, organization theory, and strategic theory. The lessons of his book, however, go well beyond the east-west competition. Since his observations are relevant to all military competitions between states armed with both conventional and nuclear weaponry, his book speaks to some of the problems that attend the proliferation of nuclear weapons in longstanding regional conflicts. Optimism that small and medium nuclear powers can easily achieve "stable" nuclear balances is, he believes, unwarranted. 606 $aEscalation (Military science) 606 $aNuclear threshold (Strategy) 606 $aLimited war 615 0$aEscalation (Military science) 615 0$aNuclear threshold (Strategy) 615 0$aLimited war 676 $a355.02/15 700 $aPosen$b Barry R.$01042255 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465093903321 996 $aInadvertent Escalation$92466350 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01622oam 2200505 450 001 9910705670003321 005 20170510102615.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000002451695 035 $a(OCoLC)891572496 035 $a(OCoLC)995470000002451695 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000002451695 100 $a20140929d1943 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRelative abundance of nickel in the earth's crust /$fby Roger Clark Wells 210 1$aWashington :$cUnited States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey,$d1943. 215 $a1 online resource (ii, 21 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aProfessional paper ;$v205-A 225 1 $aShorter contributions to general geology ;$v1943 300 $aTitle from title screen (viewed September 22, 2014). 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 606 $aNickel$xMetallurgy 606 $aNickel ores 606 $aCrust of the Earth$2fast 606 $aNickel$xMetallurgy$2fast 607 $aEarth (Planet)$xCrust 615 0$aNickel$xMetallurgy. 615 0$aNickel ores. 615 7$aCrust of the Earth. 615 7$aNickel$xMetallurgy. 700 $aWells$b Roger Clark$f1877-1944,$01389104 712 02$aGeological Survey (U.S.), 801 0$bCOP 801 1$bCOP 801 2$bOCLCO 801 2$bOCLCA 801 2$bOCLCF 801 2$bGPO 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910705670003321 996 $aRelative abundance of nickel in the earth's crust$93534692 997 $aUNINA