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03435aam a2200553 i 4500 001 D929A370ECCE11E5A64DF5B3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160318010059 008 151005s2015 caua b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9780833089090 020 $a 0833089099 035 $a (OCoLC)922922503 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d BDX $d KSG $d BTCTA $d CUS $d COD $d OCLCF $d NUI $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a U264.3 $b .M67 2015 100 1 $a Morgan, Forrest E., $e author. 245 10 $a Confronting emergent nuclear-armed regional adversaries : $b prospects for neutralization, strategies for escalation management / $c Forrest E. Morgan [and 9 others]. 264 1 $a Santa Monica, Calif. : $b RAND Corporation, $c [2015] 300 $a xxiii, 99 pages : $b color illustrations ; $c 28 cm 490 1 $a [Research report] ; $v RR-974-AF 500 $a "RAND Project AIR FORCE." 500 $a "RR-974-AF"--Cover page 4. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-99). 505 0 $a 1. An Emerging National Security Challenge: Introduction -- Purpose of This Research -- Research Methodology -- How This Report Is Organized -- 2. Bringing the Challenge into Focus: The Blurred Nuclear Threshold -- Third-Party Considerations -- These Factors Increase Risks of Conflict Escalation -- Dilemmas for U.S. Decisionmakers -- 3. Assessing the Neutralization Options: The Adversary's Range of Options -- Potential Ways to Neutralize an Adversary's Nuclear Capabilities -- Concluding Observations 4. Managing Escalation in Crisis and War -- The Principles of Threshold Management -- Managing Escalation in Three Geostrategic Challenges -- Looking at the Larger Picture -- 5. Meeting the Challenge -- The Regional Nuclear Paradox -- Crafting Strategies for Escalation Management -- Putting These Observations in Today's Geostrategic Context -- Recommendations for the U.S. Air Force -- Appendix A. The Second Nuclear Age -- Appendix B. The Inadequacy of Cold War Concepts. 650 0 $a Nuclear weapons $x Government policy $z United States $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Nuclear arms control $x Government policy $z United States $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Escalation (Military science) 650 0 $a Deterrence (Strategy) 650 0 $a Conflict management $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Security, International $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Military planning $z United States $y 21st century. 651 0 $a United States $x Military policy $y 21st century. 650 7 $a Conflict management. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00874778 650 7 $a Deterrence (Strategy) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00891658 650 7 $a Escalation (Military science) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00915107 650 7 $a Military planning. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01021370 650 7 $a Military policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01021386 650 7 $a Nuclear arms control $x Government policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01039886 650 7 $a Nuclear weapons $x Government policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01040980 650 7 $a Security, International. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01110895 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 2000 - 2099 $2 fast 710 2 $a Rand Corporation, $e issuing body. 710 2 $a Project Air Force (U.S.) 830 0 $a Research report (Rand Corporation) ; $v RR-974-AF. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180203051105.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826041318.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D929A370ECCE11E5A64DF5B3DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search