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I havent gone through them in any detail so this review is really just about the part that i did read although the documents look interesting

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About 60 pages of the book is actual prose dedicated to the history and analysis of the war crisis

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I suppose it would have been better to know before purchasing what the content of the book was

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He shows that the soviets were very uncertain and fearful of nato actions but doesnt really say much to indicate how an actual exchange was likely to have been triggered when the soviets were unsure about the situation and able archer didnt plan for any major aggressive operations that could have been perceived as an attack

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Its just up to the reader to imagine what could have happened if a stray bomber entered soviet airspace or if forces went to escalating higher alerts

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Jones briefly states that one of the conclusions of the scenario is that game theoretic models dont apply to nuclear deterrence

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Deterrence theory would adequately predict that introducing faster irbms with short times of flight would make the situation more risky with a greater advantage for and probability of firststrike strategies as well as the soviet fears and responses they displayed

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The individual actions of political and military leaders affected the subtleties of the crisis but its not clear that they changed much of the structure of the overall situation