The South Atlantic Crisis of 1982: Implications for Nuclear Crisis Management

The Falklands War began on April 2, 1982, when Argentina forces occupied the Falkland Islands in pursuit of their long-standing claim to sovereignty. Britain immediately sent a task force to the South Atlantic to recover the islands, and by the middle of June it had achieved this objective. This Not...

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Main Author: Freedman, Lawrence
Other Authors: RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1989
Subjects:
Administration and Management
Government and Political Science
*SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
WARFARE
MANAGEMENT
TASK FORCES
BEHAVIOR
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
FALKLAND ISLANDS
NUCLEAR WARFARE
CONFLICT
*CRISIS MANAGEMENT
FALKLANDS WAR
ARGENTINA
GREAT BRITAIN
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN)
Argentina
South Atlantic Ocean
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spelling ftdtic:ADA231534 2023-05-15T18:21:05+02:00 The South Atlantic Crisis of 1982: Implications for Nuclear Crisis Management Freedman, Lawrence RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA 1989-05 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA231534 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA231534 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA231534 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. DTIC AND NTIS Administration and Management Government and Political Science *SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN WARFARE MANAGEMENT TASK FORCES BEHAVIOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FALKLAND ISLANDS NUCLEAR WARFARE CONFLICT *CRISIS MANAGEMENT FALKLANDS WAR ARGENTINA GREAT BRITAIN NUCLEAR WEAPONS MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN) Text 1989 ftdtic 2016-02-22T23:20:26Z The Falklands War began on April 2, 1982, when Argentina forces occupied the Falkland Islands in pursuit of their long-standing claim to sovereignty. Britain immediately sent a task force to the South Atlantic to recover the islands, and by the middle of June it had achieved this objective. This Note examines the course and management of the conflict and assesses its potential relevance to nuclear crises. It addresses the variety of specific nuclear features that have been attributed to the conflict and also considers a more general set of concerns related to escalation. The Note was prepared as part of the Avoiding Nuclear War project conducted jointly by The RAND corporation and the RAND/UCLA Center for the Study of International Behavior. Text South Atlantic Ocean Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Argentina
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topic Administration and Management
Government and Political Science
*SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
WARFARE
MANAGEMENT
TASK FORCES
BEHAVIOR
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
FALKLAND ISLANDS
NUCLEAR WARFARE
CONFLICT
*CRISIS MANAGEMENT
FALKLANDS WAR
ARGENTINA
GREAT BRITAIN
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN)
spellingShingle Administration and Management
Government and Political Science
*SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
WARFARE
MANAGEMENT
TASK FORCES
BEHAVIOR
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
FALKLAND ISLANDS
NUCLEAR WARFARE
CONFLICT
*CRISIS MANAGEMENT
FALKLANDS WAR
ARGENTINA
GREAT BRITAIN
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN)
Freedman, Lawrence
The South Atlantic Crisis of 1982: Implications for Nuclear Crisis Management
topic_facet Administration and Management
Government and Political Science
*SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
WARFARE
MANAGEMENT
TASK FORCES
BEHAVIOR
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
FALKLAND ISLANDS
NUCLEAR WARFARE
CONFLICT
*CRISIS MANAGEMENT
FALKLANDS WAR
ARGENTINA
GREAT BRITAIN
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN)
description The Falklands War began on April 2, 1982, when Argentina forces occupied the Falkland Islands in pursuit of their long-standing claim to sovereignty. Britain immediately sent a task force to the South Atlantic to recover the islands, and by the middle of June it had achieved this objective. This Note examines the course and management of the conflict and assesses its potential relevance to nuclear crises. It addresses the variety of specific nuclear features that have been attributed to the conflict and also considers a more general set of concerns related to escalation. The Note was prepared as part of the Avoiding Nuclear War project conducted jointly by The RAND corporation and the RAND/UCLA Center for the Study of International Behavior.
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title_full_unstemmed The South Atlantic Crisis of 1982: Implications for Nuclear Crisis Management
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