Gary L Guertner
Biographic Data
| ID | 5684060 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gary L Guertner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gary L |
| FAMILY NAME | Guertner |
| SIGNATURE | GUERTNER G L |
| AFFILIATIONS | United States Army War College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
European Views of Preemption in US National Security Strategy
Strategy of the United States and the 2006 ex- panded version describe the broad strategic goals that have become known as the Bush Doctrine: military primacy, global transformation, preemption, and a willingness to act unilaterally.Europeans, like American critics of the Bush Doctrine, worry about the unfortunate juxtaposition of the unachievable goal of completely ending tyranny throughout the world, the confusion between preemptive war and pre…
Deterrence and conventional military forces
The search for national security strategy periodically opens major policy debates that push us in new, sometimes revolutionary directions. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the cold war have reopened a national debate unmatched since the end of World War II. Dramatic changes in the international system have forced us to reevaluate old strategies and look for new focal points amidst the still unsettled debris of the bipolar world. At…
Ethnic Conflict
History is littered with the wreck of states that tried to combine diverse ethnic or linguistic or religious groups within a single sovereignty."[1]--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr
Deterrence and Conventional Military Forces
The search for national security strategy periodically opens major policy debates that push us in new, sometimes revolutionary directions. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the cold war have reopened a national debate unmatched since the end of World War II. Dramatic changes in the international system have forced us to reevaluate old strategies and look for new focal points amidst the still unsettled debris of the bipolar world. At…
Conventional Deterrence After Arms Control
Flexible options in Nato military strategy
This paper evaluates the concept of “flexible response”—the initial defense of Europe with conventional forces but the flexibility to escalate a conflict by the use of nuclear weapons or retaliate directly against an aggressor—which has been the core of NATO strategy since 1967. The author contrasts the Western approach with the Soviets' view of war, which places greater importance on decisive action in the early stages of a conflict to achieve a…
Competitive Strategies and Soviet Vulnerabilities
Scarcity is the midwife of good strategy. Scarcity also explains the new emphasis on in Secretary of Defense Weinberger's recent Annual Reports to the Congress (FY 1987-88). Recognizing the economic impracticality of returning to the dominant position enjoyed by the United States in the 1950s and early 1960s, Weinberger's competitive strategies initiative seeks to align enduring US strengths against enduring Soviet weaknesses. It is a call to use…
Three Images of Soviet Arms Control Compliance
Journal Article Three Images of Soviet Arms Control Compliance Get access Gary L. Guertner Gary L. Guertner GARY L. GUERTNER is professor of international politics at California State University, Fullerton, has served on the staff of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and is currently at the U.S. Army War College. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 103, Issue 2, …
The Last Frontier
Strategic Defense
Nuclear strategy in the Nordic region
United States proposals during the Carter Administration to place enhanced radiation weapons (neutron bombs) in Western Europe and early discussion about the deployment of intermediate range nuclear missiles spurred former Finnish President Kekkonen to renew his nearly 20-year-old proposal for a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Nordic region. Following the December 1979 Dual Track decision of the NATO Ministers, who approved both Intermediate-rang…
"What Is "Proof
Strategic Vulnerability of a Multinational State
The efforts to ratify both SALT treaties will be remembered above all else as a competition for shaping public and congressional perceptions of the strategic balance. Nearly all critics have argued that the nuclear balance is delicate and that weapons symmetry is a requirement of strategic stability. Isolated variables (megatonnage and throwweight, for example) have been cast in scenarios illustrating U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM…
Shall America Be Defended? Salt II and Beyond
"What Is "Proof
Deterrence and conventional military forces
The search for national security strategy periodically opens major policy debates that push us in new, sometimes revolutionary directions. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the cold war have reopened a national debate unmatched since the end of World War II. Dramatic changes in the international system have forced us to reevaluate old strategies and look for new focal points amidst the still unsettled debris of the bipolar world. At…
Deterrence and Conventional Military Forces
The search for national security strategy periodically opens major policy debates that push us in new, sometimes revolutionary directions. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the cold war have reopened a national debate unmatched since the end of World War II. Dramatic changes in the international system have forced us to reevaluate old strategies and look for new focal points amidst the still unsettled debris of the bipolar world. At…
Strategic Vulnerability of a Multinational State
The efforts to ratify both SALT treaties will be remembered above all else as a competition for shaping public and congressional perceptions of the strategic balance. Nearly all critics have argued that the nuclear balance is delicate and that weapons symmetry is a requirement of strategic stability. Isolated variables (megatonnage and throwweight, for example) have been cast in scenarios illustrating U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM…
Shall America Be Defended? Salt II and Beyond
Strategic Vulnerability of a Multinational State
The efforts to ratify both SALT treaties will be remembered above all else as a competition for shaping public and congressional perceptions of the strategic balance. Nearly all critics have argued that the nuclear balance is delicate and that weapons symmetry is a requirement of strategic stability. Isolated variables (megatonnage and throwweight, for example) have been cast in scenarios illustrating U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM…
Strategic Defense
Nuclear strategy in the Nordic region
United States proposals during the Carter Administration to place enhanced radiation weapons (neutron bombs) in Western Europe and early discussion about the deployment of intermediate range nuclear missiles spurred former Finnish President Kekkonen to renew his nearly 20-year-old proposal for a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Nordic region. Following the December 1979 Dual Track decision of the NATO Ministers, who approved both Intermediate-rang…
"What Is "Proof
Competitive Strategies and Soviet Vulnerabilities
Scarcity is the midwife of good strategy. Scarcity also explains the new emphasis on in Secretary of Defense Weinberger's recent Annual Reports to the Congress (FY 1987-88). Recognizing the economic impracticality of returning to the dominant position enjoyed by the United States in the 1950s and early 1960s, Weinberger's competitive strategies initiative seeks to align enduring US strengths against enduring Soviet weaknesses. It is a call to use…
Three Images of Soviet Arms Control Compliance
Journal Article Three Images of Soviet Arms Control Compliance Get access Gary L. Guertner Gary L. Guertner GARY L. GUERTNER is professor of international politics at California State University, Fullerton, has served on the staff of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and is currently at the U.S. Army War College. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 103, Issue 2, …
The Last Frontier
Conventional Deterrence After Arms Control
Flexible options in Nato military strategy
This paper evaluates the concept of “flexible response”—the initial defense of Europe with conventional forces but the flexibility to escalate a conflict by the use of nuclear weapons or retaliate directly against an aggressor—which has been the core of NATO strategy since 1967. The author contrasts the Western approach with the Soviets' view of war, which places greater importance on decisive action in the early stages of a conflict to achieve a…
Deterrence and Conventional Military Forces
The search for national security strategy periodically opens major policy debates that push us in new, sometimes revolutionary directions. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the cold war have reopened a national debate unmatched since the end of World War II. Dramatic changes in the international system have forced us to reevaluate old strategies and look for new focal points amidst the still unsettled debris of the bipolar world. At…
Ethnic Conflict
History is littered with the wreck of states that tried to combine diverse ethnic or linguistic or religious groups within a single sovereignty."[1]--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr
Deterrence and conventional military forces
The search for national security strategy periodically opens major policy debates that push us in new, sometimes revolutionary directions. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the cold war have reopened a national debate unmatched since the end of World War II. Dramatic changes in the international system have forced us to reevaluate old strategies and look for new focal points amidst the still unsettled debris of the bipolar world. At…
European Views of Preemption in US National Security Strategy
Strategy of the United States and the 2006 ex- panded version describe the broad strategic goals that have become known as the Bush Doctrine: military primacy, global transformation, preemption, and a willingness to act unilaterally.Europeans, like American critics of the Bush Doctrine, worry about the unfortunate juxtaposition of the unachievable goal of completely ending tyranny throughout the world, the confusion between preemptive war and pre…
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