The question of national defense. A critique of our military preparations and policies

Name: The question of national defense. A critique of our military preparations and policies
Author: Morgenstern

1960

by Morgenstern

John von NeumannOskar MorgensternGame TheoryInnovationEconomic DevelopmentEconomic GoodsInflationProductivityGeopoliticsVladimir Lenin

Table of Contents · 36 segments

Front Matter and Publication Dataessay

Prefaceessay

Contentsessay

Chapter 1: Prologuechapter

Chapter 2: The Fundamental Facts of the Daychapter

Chapter 2: The Threatchapter

Chapter 2: The Supreme Threatchapter

Chapter 2: The Cost of the Threatchapter

Chapter 2: Provocationchapter

Chapter 2: The Principle of the Imposed, Involuntary Reactionchapter

Chapter 2: Offensive and Defensive Weaponschapter

Chapter 3: Stalemate or Paritychapter

Chapter 3: Deterrencechapter

Chapter 3: Retaliationchapter

Chapter 3: Defense and Retaliationchapter

Chapter 3: Retaliation Weaponschapter

Chapter 3: Defense of the Retaliatory Forcechapter

Chapter 3: Mixed Systemschapter

Chapter 3: Methods for Decreasing the Vulnerability of the Retaliatory Forcechapter

Chapter 3: Hardening Draws Firechapter

Chapter 3: Early Warningchapter

Chapter 3: Superiority of Offensive Power Versus Invulnerable Forceschapter

Chapter 3: Alarms, Errors and Attackschapter

Nuclear Parity: Retaliatory Forces, False Alarms, and Stopgap SAC Operationschapter

The Oceanic System: The Invulnerable Forcechapter

Attrition, Shelters and Recoverychapter

Limitation of Warchapter

Technology and Strategy: The War of the Laboratorieschapter

Economic Power and Burdenchapter

The Security Process: Information, Intelligence and Secrecychapter

Negotiations and Diplomacy in Nuclear Paritychapter

Epilogueessay

Appendix: A Note on the Literaturebibliography

Bibliography of Works on Nuclear Strategy, Defense Policy, and Game Theorybibliography

Indexbibliography

About the Authoressay