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Russian military leaders have expressed concern about US plans for a national missile defense system. Will defense technology be limited by possibilities for a strategic imbalance? Is this just SDI all over again?

rshowalter - 10:06am May 5, 2001 EST (#3327 of 3330)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

http://scienceforpeace.sa.utoronto.ca/WorkingGroupsPage/NucWeaponsPage/Documents/ThreatsNucWea.html

THREATS TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS: The Sixteen Known Nuclear Crises of the Cold War, 1946-1985 by David R. Morgan , National President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms Vancouver, Canada March 6, 1996

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION *

PERIOD 1 1945-49: U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPON MONOPOLY *

Nuclear Crisis # 1 YEAR: 1946 NAME OF CRISIS: IRAN I (Azerbaijan) *

Nuclear Crisis # 2 YEAR: 1946 NAME OF CRISIS: YUGOSLAVIA *

Nuclear Crisis # 3 YEAR: 1948 NAME OF CRISIS: BERLIN I *

PERIOD 2. 1949-1962: NUKE THEM FIRST *

Nuclear Crisis # 4 Year: 1950 NAME OF CRISIS: KOREAN *

Nuclear Crisis # 5 YEAR: 1954 NAME OF CRISIS: VIETNAM I (Dien Bien Phu) *

Nuclear Crisis # 6: 1954 NAME OF CRISIS: CHINA I (Quemoy and Matsu) *

Nuclear Crisis # 7 YEAR: 1956 NAME OF CRISIS: SUEZ *

Nuclear Crisis # 8 YEAR: 1958 NAME OF CRISIS: CHINA II (Quemoy and Matsu) *

Nuclear Crisis # 9 YEAR: 1959 NAME OF CRISIS: BERLIN II *

Nuclear Crisis # 10 YEAR: 1961 NAME OF CRISIS: BERLIN III *

Nuclear Crisis # 11 YEAR: 1962 NAME OF CRISIS: CUBA *

PERIOD 3 1962-1969 SCARED STRAIGHT *

PERIOD 4 1969-1985 RELENTLESS ARMS RACE *

Nuclear Crisis # 12 YEAR: 1969 NAME OF CRISIS: VIETNAM II *

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rshowalter - 10:07am May 5, 2001 EST (#3328 of 3330)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Nuclear Crisis # 13 YEAR: 1970 NAME OF CRISIS: JORDAN *

Nuclear Crisis # 14 YEAR: 1973 NAME OF CRISIS: ISRAEL (Yom Kippur) *

Nuclear Crisis # 15 YEAR: 1980 NAME OF CRISIS: IRAN II *

Nuclear Crisis # 16 YEAR: 1983 NAME OF CRISIS: FIRST STRIKE THREATENED USE OF N-WEAPONS BY: U.S.A. *

PERIOD 5 1985-1991 GORBACHEV ENDS THE COLD WAR *

-PERIOD 6 1991- POST COLD WAR RE-GROUPING *

SOURCES *

APPENDIX: *

Subject: Cold War N-Crisis #16: FIRST STRIKE *

INTRODUCTION

"During the 39 years of the Cold War, the United States of America led the nuclear arms race, repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons, and brought civilization to the brink of destruction on several occasions. This is an appalling record, but there is no reason to believe that any other great power having the same advantages as the U.S.A. would have acted any better. The human race is ill-equipped to deal with nuclear weapons.

"The Cold War and the Soviet nuclear threat to the U.S.A. was ended by Mikhail Gorbachev. It is now widely believed, however, that the U.S.A. "won the Cold War." The very dangerous crises of the Cold War, their threats distorted by propaganda at the time, are now almost totally forgotten. The role of the military establishment that led us into these crises remains unquestioned, its prestige untarnished. The public remains in ignorance.

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gisterme , do you contest this?

rshowalter - 01:30pm May 5, 2001 EST (#3329 of 3330)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

gisterme , I'll wait a while for an answer. You showed a considerable degree of confidence, initiative, and industry yesterday. Perhaps you can respond now. If the material of http://scienceforpeace.sa.utoronto.ca/WorkingGroupsPage/NucWeaponsPage/Documents/ThreatsNucWea.html is common ground, I believe that a good deal follows.

If it is not, I think a great deal of additional information can be provided, and discussed. Material that can be checked for internal consistency , and consistency with checkable fact.

rshowalter - 01:41pm May 5, 2001 EST (#3330 of 3330)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Matters that can be checked for internal consistency, and fact.
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