The Ultimate Deterrent: Foundations of US-USSR Security Under Stable Competition

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At a time when our national security and defense is being hotly debated, this intriguing new book boldly challenges the pivotal concepts underlying much of the arguments on both sides of the debate.

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At a time when our national security and defense is being hotly debated, this intriguing new book boldly challenges the pivotal concepts underlying much of the arguments on both sides of the debate. In a path-breaking economic analysis that presents the foundations of true security policy, The Ultimate Deterrent argues that both the United States and the Soviet Union are inherently secure from invasion, nuclear blackmail, or domination by each other. According to the author, their competitive process is a stable one because they have only limited zones of interest near their own borders, making strategic military defense unnecessary and provocative. Using economic analysis to define the superpower's true spheres of interest, the book develops a new meaning for national interest, recognizing the futility of self-destructive defense, as illustrated by Vietnam and Afghanistan.

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At a time when our national security and defense is being hotly debated, this intriguing new book boldly challenges the pivotal concepts underlying much of the arguments on both sides of the debate. In a path-breaking economic analysis that presents the foundations of true security policy, The Ultimate Deterrent argues that both the United States and the Soviet Union are inherently secure from invasion, nuclear blackmail, or domination by each other. According to the author, their competitive process is a stable one because they have only limited zones of interest near their own borders, making strategic military defense unnecessary and provocative. Using economic analysis to define the superpower's true spheres of interest, the book develops a new meaning for national interest, recognizing the futility of self-destructive defense, as illustrated by Vietnam and Afghanistan.

Details ISBN0275923681 Year 1986 ISBN-10 0275923681 ISBN-13 9780275923686 Format Hardcover Publication Date 1986-12-09 Country of Publication United States DEWEY 327.73047 Illustrations illustrations Place of Publication Westport Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc Pages 147 Short Title ULTIMATE DETERRENT Language English Media Book Author William G. Sheperd Subtitle Foundations of US-USSR Security Under Stable Competition DOI 10.1604/9780275923686 UK Release Date 1986-12-09 AU Release Date 1986-12-09 NZ Release Date 1986-12-09 US Release Date 1986-12-09 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Audience Undergraduate Audience Age 7-17 We've got this

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