Never Ready - NATO's Flexible Response Strategy, 1968-1989 (Europe@War 16)
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Never Ready - NATO's Flexible Response Strategy, 1968-1989 (Europe@War 16)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Illustrated
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- ISBN
- 9781914377082
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Helion & Company, The Limited
ISBN-10
1914377087
ISBN-13
9781914377082
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17050390561
Product Key Features
Book Title
Never Ready : Nato's Flexible Response Strategy, 1968-1989
Number of Pages
96 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / Strategy, Modern / 20th Century, Military / General, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century
Publication Year
2022
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Book Series
Europe@War Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Length
11.8 in
Item Width
8.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
...if you are interested in how a member of NATO could meet its obligations to the alliance, this is a welcome addition to any collection.
Series Volume Number
16
Dewey Decimal
355.03354109045
Synopsis
Was Britain's implementation of NATO strategy credible? After the adoption of Flexible Response in 1967 NATO relied on conventional forces to defend the West. Britain had a central role in NATO's plans, but was British defense planning adequate for the task?, Was Britain's implementation of NATO strategy credible? After the adoption of Flexible Response in 1967 NATO relied on conventional forces to defend the West. Britain had a central role in NATO's plans, but was British defense planning adequate for the task? How did the Government plan for the use of the conventional Armed Forces for the range of operations it was committed to? How were the Armed Forces to be mobilized, and what was the detail of the planning for mobilization?In 1967 MC14/3 was adopted as the overall strategic concept by NATO. It relied on an escalatory deterrence, from conventional through tactical nuclear strikes to strategic nuclear attack. This is commonly known as Flexible Response and replaced NATO's trip-wire response. The declared principal of the strategic concept was to reduce the chance of mistakenly starting a nuclear war, meeting force with like force, and raising the nuclear threshold in the event of actual war.By using newly available documents from British and other archives, this volume will show that far from being a flexible strategy, in the event of a war it was doomed to failure. The concept was compromised by the failure of the Alliance members to provide one of the main legs of the conventional deterrent - sustainability.This book analyses the paradox between the public face of defense policy and the practice. The book assesses whether the planning would have worked, and what would have happened in Europe if war had broken out. To answer this question the research looks at the conflicts in the Falklands and the Gulf to assess the feasibility of the plans in place.Elements upon which British defense depended were still being built more than twenty years after the new strategy was adopted. Defense policy in Britain was concerned less with the threats the country faced than with just how little could be spent on defense. Never Ready is extensively illustrated with contemporary photographs, many in color, and specially commissioned diagrams, color artworks and maps.
LC Classification Number
UA647
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