POLI SCI 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Strategic Defense Initiative, Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile, Arms Control
27 Mar 2018
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Nuclear era: american nuclear strategies since 1945, eisenhower massive retaliation, nuclear response to any level of soviet challenge, at any location, containment strategy, kennan, long telegram/x article in foreign affairs 1946/47. Containment of russian expansive tendencies : kennedy/johnson: mutual assured destruction (mad, ussr achieves rough nuclear parity, nuclear war will be all out and full scale, guarantees for allies in our sphere of influence: New york for paris : all territories-no gradation, berlin, ich bin ein berliner , quemoy and matsu - small islands off taiwan, robert mcnamara 1967. This is what deterrence of nuclear aggression means. Increased first strike capability on both sides (offensive strategy) Politically attractive (domestic and europe: current strategy, us strategy mad with russia and possible countervailing strategy (against lesser nuclear powers: n. korea, china, etc. Both sides should have second strike capability. Try to limit # of warheads per missile. Less reliance on icbms more reliance on slbms.
