The Origins of U.S. Nuclear Strategy, 1945-1953

ISBN-13: 9781349606764 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 224 str.

Jr. Samuel R. Williamson; Steven L. Reardon; Steven L. Rearden

Opis

The United States took almost a decade after Hiroshima and Nagasaki to develop a coherent strategy of nuclear deterrence. it also suggests the inherent difficulties of relying on nuclear weapons to provide security in the first place.

Spis treści

Preface - Onset of the Nuclear Age - The Search for Controls: Foreign and Domestic - Policy and Transition - 1948: Year of Crisis - Move and Counter-Move: The Development of a Nuclear Arsenal - Re-arming for the Cold War - SAC and the Anglo-American Connection - Conclusion - Note on Sources and Select Bibliography - Index