ABSTRACT
The supreme maxim for the conduct of a nuclear war is to force the enemy to concentrate his troops while never forming concentrations oneself. Guerillas need not change any of their tactics to comply: they never concentrate, except for attack, and then only for the shortest possible time. The guerilla targets will be the same as before, with, in addition, the paraphernalia of nuclear war. The guerillas will have to re-connoitre the location of atomic weapons and, if possible, destroy or sabotage them. Partisan intelligence should report not only actual enemy troop concentrations but also opportunities for the partisans’ own troops to induce or compel the enemy to form concentrations. It therefore appears that a nuclear war would offer the partisans a number of advantages, but if nuclear weapons were about to be fired or had been fired by either side, the partisans could give only limited assistance.
