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Book Excerpt: Albert Wohlstetter’s Approach to Strategic Analysis and Design

Posted on January 8, 2012 by admin

This week’s excerpt from “Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter on Nuclear-Age Strategy,” Robert Zarate’s introductory essay to Nuclear Heuristics: Selected Writings of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter (2009), looks at Albert’s approach to the analysis and design of strategic policy. For more, … Continue reading →

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Excerpt on limiting and managing new risks in the post-Cold War world and beyond from Wohlstetter book’s introduction

Posted on January 4, 2012 by admin

This week’s excerpt from “Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter on Nuclear-Age Strategy,” Robert Zarate’s introductory essay to Nuclear Heuristics: Selected Writings of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter (2009), looks at Albert and Roberta’s efforts to limit and manage new risks in the … Continue reading →

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Excerpt on moving towards discriminate deterrence from Wohlstetter book’s introduction

Posted on March 14, 2009 by admin

This week’s excerpt from “Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter on Nuclear-Age Strategy,” Robert Zarate’s introductory essay to Nuclear Heuristics: Selected Writings of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter (2009), looks at Albert’s particular contributions from the 1950s onward to larger U.S. efforts to … Continue reading →

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Excerpt on arms race myths vs. strategic competition’s reality from Wohlstetter book’s introduction

Posted on March 1, 2009 by admin

This week’s excerpt from “Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter on Nuclear-Age Strategy,” Robert Zarate’s introductory essay to Nuclear Heuristics: Selected Writings of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter (2009), looks at the Wohlstetters’ work to understand more precisely how the United States and … Continue reading →

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Excerpt on nuclear deterrence in the 1950s from Wohlstetter book’s introduction

Posted on February 1, 2009 by admin

What follows below is a modified excerpt from “Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter on Nuclear-Age Strategy,” Robert Zarate’s introductory essay to Nuclear Heuristics: Selected Writings of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter (2009). This excerpt excludes supporting endnotes; to read the introduction in … Continue reading →

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Book Excerpt: Albert Wohlstetter’s Approach to Strategic Analysis and Design

Excerpt on limiting and managing new risks in the post-Cold War world and beyond from Wohlstetter book’s introduction

Excerpt on moving towards discriminate deterrence from Wohlstetter book’s introduction

Excerpt on arms race myths vs. strategic competition’s reality from Wohlstetter book’s introduction

Excerpt on nuclear deterrence in the 1950s from Wohlstetter book’s introduction

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