The Double Game: The Demise of America's First Missile Defense System and the Rise of Strategic Arms Limitation

ISBN-13: 9780190459925 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 248 str.

James Cameron

Opis

Drawing on declassified records of presidential conversations, this book shows how presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon engaged in a double game, hiding their true beliefs behind a facade of strategic language while secretly grappling with the complex realities of the nuclear age.

Recenzje

This book is equally balanced between an analysis of nuclear weapons buildup, BMD, and strategic calculation in relation to domestic and bureaucratic politics. Its relevance is clear today as a revisionist Russia physically reasserts itself in eastern Europe, China's influence gains momentum, and North Korea and Iran strive for nuclear weapon latency. This book is timely and important for policymakers, political scientists, historians, and analysts of policy.

O autorze

James Cameron is Assistant Professor in International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil).