Contents: Conventional defense improvements-The strategic context (CDI and realistic deterrence to the year 2000 and beyond, Conventional defense improvement in NATO--Broader strategic implications, Conventional defense in a nuclear age--A perspective on strategic defenses, NATO, CDI, and grand strategy, Harmful myths and hopeful prospects--The future of NATO's conventional defense improvements); CDI--The operational context (CDI: An assessment of land force initiatives, The conventional air battle--Year 2000, New opportunities for the initial defense of fixed borders); CDI--The political, economic, and regional context (NATO conventional defense improvements--Economic constraints to the year 2000, European public opinion and conventional defense, Conventional defense and British strategy, The role of conventional forces in French security policy, CDI: A German view, CDI in NATO, the Southern flank, and alliance defense, The future of conventional arms control in NATO); Plenary addresses (Conventional defense, Improving the conventional balance in Europe, CDI, Theater nuclear forces, and the fundamentals of European security).


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    Title :

    Future of Conventional Defense Improvements in NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization): Proceedings of the Tenth NATO Symposium, 1987


    Publication date :

    1987


    Size :

    339 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English