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Victory Is Not Possible: A Rejoinder To The Strategic Mythmakers

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The current strategic planning for nuclear war is based on the assumptions that it is an effective way to deter the Soviet Union and that we can actually survive such a war. These are erroneous, for the Soviets are not likely to be any more deterred by our plans for nuclear war than they are by our current strategy. The illusion that “victory” is possible in a nuclear war overlooks the medical and other evidence about the extent of death, injury and disease that a nuclear war would bring. War should be conducted with a view of post‐war benefit in mind, but a nuclear war would yield no benefits, regardless of the futile and even delirious efforts to make evacuation plans for major cities in the event of nuclear war.

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  • Louis René Beres, 1983. "Victory Is Not Possible: A Rejoinder To The Strategic Mythmakers," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 2(3), pages 359-370, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:2:y:1983:i:3:p:359-370
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1983.tb00723.x
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