The European Security Study (ESECS) published its Report on "Strengthening Conventional Deterrence in Europe" in May 1983. The Study was prompted by concern about the relation of NATO dependence on the early use of nuclear weapons to its primary purpose of maintaining secure peace with freedom in the NATO region.
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- FOREWORD -- I ESECS CONCEPTS FOR IMPROVING NATO DETERRENCE AND DEFENSE -- II SURVEILLANCE AND TARGET ACQUISITION -- III DEFEATING THE INITIAL WARSAW PACT ATTACKS -- IV COUNTERING THE WARSAW PACT AIR OFFENSIVE -- v DEFEATINGTHEWARSAWPACTFOLLOW-ON GROUNDFORCESTHREAT -- VI DISRUPTING WARSAW PACT COMMAND/CONTROL PROCESSES -- VII ENSURING SECURE, RELIABLE AND EFFECTIVE COMMAND/CONTROL -- VIII COSTS AND SCHEDULES -- IX STABILITY, REASSURANCE AND ARMS CONT -- SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX A- Steering Group Members -- APPENDIX B- Glossary -- APPENDIX C- Notes on Sources.
Andrew J. Goodpaster, Franz-Joseph Schulze
