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Why The Pentagon Must Think Harder About Inadvertent Escalation

Ankit Panda,  James M. Acton
  • December 02, 2020
  • Defense News
Summary:  The United States now bases its war plans around using its exquisite conventional forces to sever the connections between an adversary’s leadership and its military forces.
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