3l-3. In his speech l4T, l4c1{amara also extended the notion of deterrence andbargaining inho the period after the inception of a general nuclear .i^'ar, thus negating the idea that deterrence could only work before the war. lurtherroore,I'{r, l{ciilamara announced specifically that the United States had renoved Sovietcities fron its first priority target list, He declared that the United States vould not strike Soviet cities unless the Soviet Union attacked Anerican citiesfiTSt. In spice of this rather clear expression of the counterforce doctrine, experts gave litt.Ie credence to this part of Mr. McNanarats statement " because tbcLechnically feasible options of that tine offered Lirnited possibilicies of reachinp; and concentrating on rnititary targets. 311+. Fifteen ye€rs Iater, hovevea, the then Urited States Secr-etary of Defense,Mr. James R. SchJ-esinger, was emphasizing the nction of t'options", and moreparticularfy the need for the United States to possess "forces to execute a wide range of options in response to potential actions by €n eneny, including a capabi-LiLy lor precise attacks on bobh sofL and hard targeus, I,rhile aL the sane time minimizing unintend.ed collateral da:lage". 35/ 315. The intention of giving Unired States forces ''selective targeting optionsrapplicable to both 'rhard" and. "softj' targets has often been criticized for making nuclear war possible, imaginable or more real. It is said that a balance of terror based on the nutual vulnerability of civilian populations held as hostages is sti.l-lthe best guarantee of deterrence, and that any move to nitigate the threat of mutual suicide by shielding the population and the production base thus wou]-ddilute deLerrence by naking \./aJ acceptable. 316. According to the present United States Secretary of Defense, l4r. Harold Brown,a strategy based on the concept of assured destruction alone I'no longer is vholly 3\/ 35/Speech del-ivered aL Ann Arbor, llichigan, on 16 June 1962.
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing military strategy, specifically the concept of deterrence and the idea of targeting military versus civilian populations in the event of a nuclear war. The language used is technical and refers to specific military concepts and terminology, suggesting that the text is related to the field of national security or military affairs.

**Category**
Defense, Science and technology