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Clausewitz and Chaos
Failure and folly are inevitable in war and in security policy related to war. Technology cannot rescue flawed policy or strategy. In his review of U.S. military strategy, Cimbala points to the possibility that excessive faith in technology may lead American strategy into a cul-de-sac.
Nuclear Weapons in the Information Age
A study of how the information age in modern warfare coexists with the persistent appeal of nuclear weapons and its impact on crisis management.
War Games
¿This engaging, thoughtful work could hardly be more timely and important.¿ ¿Andrew Futter, University of Leicester Does it make sense for the United States to cooperate with Russia to resolve international security issues? Is it possible for the two countries to work together to reduce the dangers associated with nuclear weapons? Where does Vladimir Putin fit into the calculus? Engaging the debate on these contentious issues, Stephen Cimbala provides context for and policy-relevant analysis of current US-Russian nuclear relations. Stephen J. Cimbala is distinguished professor of political science at Penn State University Brandywine.
Nuclear Strategy in the Twenty-First Century
The future of nuclear weapons and nuclear strategy in the 21st century is not entirely predictable from the Cold War past. Nor is it easy to foresee on the basis of what has happened since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. Cimbala contends that nuclear weapons and the psychology of nuclear deterrence will remain important after 2000, but the character of that importance will change. No longer will nuclear weapons be the dominators of military technology. Instead, advanced technology conventional weapons, based on information and electronics, will supplant nuclear weapons as the instruments of military supremacy in the 21st century. What, Cimbala asks, can be expected of nuclear weapons in ...
Through a Glass Darkly
Cimbala shows why the prevention, management, and concluding of war all require an understanding of the subjective aspects of decision making as well as the hardware and tactics of military operations. A review of past cases of U.S. security policy decision making and a preview of some future problems are combined to distill important lessons about coping with conflict in the post-Cold War world. These lessons include the awareness that some conflicts are unnecessarily provoked or prolonged on account of the gap between the perspectives and experiences of civilian policy makers and the views of the armed forces leadership. Another important lesson is that, in resolving or managing conflicts, perceptions, and expectations of leaders filter out alternatives that might have led to preferred solutions had they been attempted in good time. Of particular interest to policy makers, military professionals, and researchers involved with contemporary military issues.
Force and Diplomacy in the Future
This volume focuses on the relationship between force and policy as it might be viewed by the major powers in the future, especially in the context of the end of the Cold War and efforts to contain nationalism and irredentism, which threaten to spread from the Balkans and the new states in the former Soviet Union. Cimbala begins with the the role of NATO in the new age of nuclear escalation and the role of coercive strategy in the Gulf Crisis of 1991. He then discusses Prussian military theorist Karl von Clausewitz's argument that war and politics are inseparable, and his views on the problem of military escalation. Cimbala also covers the roles of punishment and denial in contemporary nuclear strategy, and concludes with the implications of the study for the role of force and policy in the future. ISBN 0-275-94109-4: $47.95.
Strategy After Deterrence
The profound political changes in the USSR and Eastern Europe during 1989 have forced the United States and its Western European allies to reevaluate both their long held military strategy of nuclear deterrence and the traditional role of NATO in European affairs. In this volume, Stephen Cimbala considers the ways in which American military priorities will have to change now that the tangible threat to Europe has been removed, exploring the options available to America and NATO given the new political and economic realities in Europe and the Soviet Union. Drawing upon a rich literature of Soviet and American defense strategy, Cimbala examines the structure and effectiveness of deterrence as ...
