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1975-12-01	CRS, "Authority to order the use of nuclear weapons"	PDF

Bibliographies

Zhao, Tong. Tides of Change: China's Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines and Strategic Stability. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2018.

Stokes, Mark A. China’s Nuclear Warhead Storage and Handling System. Arlington, VA: Project 2049 Institute, 2010. https://project2049.net/2010/03/12/chinas-nuclear-warhead-storage-and-handling-system/.

Paul, T.V. The Tradition of Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2009.

Narang, Vipin. Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era: Regional Powers and International Conflict. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2014.

MacDonald, Eryn. "Whose Finger Is on the Button? Nuclear Launch Authority in the United States and Other Nations." Union of Concerned Scientists. October, 2017. https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2017/11/Launch-Authority.pdf.

Lewis, Patricia, Heather Williams, Benoît Pelopidas and Sasan Aghlani. Too Close for Comfort: Cases of Near Nuclear Use and Options for Policy. London: Chatham House, 2014. https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/field/field_document/20140428TooCloseforComfortNuclearUseLewisWilliamsPelopidasAghlani.pdf.

Lewis, Jeffrey. Paper Tigers: China’s Nuclear Posture. Monterey, CA: The International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2014.

Lewis, John Wilson and Xue Litai. "Strategic Weapons and Chinese Power: The Formative Years." The China Quarterly no. 112 (December 1987): 541-554.

Goldstein, Lyle J. (ed). China's Nuclear Force Modernization. Naval War College Newport Papers 22. Newport, Rhode Island: Naval War College, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, 2005.

Feiveson, Harold A (ed). The Nuclear Turning Point: A Blueprint for Deep Cuts and De-Alerting of Nuclear Weapons. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 1999.

Conley, Jerome M. "Nuclear Command and Control in the Twenty-First Century: Trends, Disparities, and the Impact on Stability." In Debating 21st Century Nuclear Issues, edited by Owen Price and Jenifer Mackby, 226-250. Washington, D.C.: Center for International and Strategic Studies, 2007. https://www.csis.org/analysis/debating-21st-century-nuclear-issues.

Congressional Research Service. Authority to order the use of nuclear weapons (United States, United Kingdom, France, Soviet Union, People's Republic of China). Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 1975. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/003216700/Home.

Cheng, Ta-chen. "China’s Nuclear Command, Control and Operations." International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 7, no. 2 ( March 2007): 155-178.

Burr, William. U.S. Nuclear War Plan Option Sought Destruction of China and Soviet Union as “Viable” Societies. Briefing Book #638. Washington, D.C.: National Security Archive, 2018. https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2018-08-15/us-nuclear-war-plan-option-sought-destruction-china-soviet-union-viable-societies.