US Nuclear Strategy

A Reader

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Herausgegeben von Bobbitt, Philip

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525 Seiten

Englisch

Springer Palgrave Macmillanerschienen am01.03.19891989

Setting the terms for an effective public debate on nuclear issues, this provides essays and excerpts from longer works that have charted the development of American nuclear strategy. Each section ends with questions for study and analysis with suggested further reading.mehr

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KlappentextSetting the terms for an effective public debate on nuclear issues, this provides essays and excerpts from longer works that have charted the development of American nuclear strategy. Each section ends with questions for study and analysis with suggested further reading.

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ISBN/GTIN978-0-333-37445-0

ProduktartBuch

EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback

Verlag

Springer Palgrave Macmillan

Erscheinungsjahr1989

Erscheinungsdatum01.03.1989

Auflage1989

Seiten525 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

Gewicht680 g

IllustrationenXI, 525 p.

Artikel-Nr.36838360

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GenrePhilosophie/Religion/Geisteswissenschaften

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Part 1 Deterrence before Hiroshima: United States strategic bombing survey; announcement of the bombing of Hiroshima - Harry S.Truman. Part 2 Deterrence before the thermonuclear age, 1945-53: the implications of the atomic bomb for international relations, J.Viner; the atomic bomb and American security, B.Brodie; Finletter report - survival in the air age. Part 3 Massive retaliation: evolution of foreign policy, J.F.Dulles; securing peace through military technology, C.W.Sherwin; the delicate balance of terror, A.Wohlstetter; military power and national security, W.W.Kaufman (ed). Part 4 Assured destruction, 1961-73: speech to NATO council, Athens, R.S.McNamara; controlled response, T.C.Schelling; the case for population defense, D.G.Brennan; ballistic missile defence and the arms race, J.P.Ruinn and M.Gell-Mann; San Francisco speech, R.S.McNamara; On escalation, H.Kahn. Part5 Essential equivalence and the countervailing strategy: can nuclear deterrence last out the century, F.C.Ikle; annual defense department report, J.R.Schlesinger; US foreign policy for the 70s, R.Nixon; Newport address, H.Brown; countervailing strategy, W.Slocombe. Part 6 The future of nuclear strategy: the international context for US security, H.Kissinger; strategic deterrence thirty years later - what has changed, M.Bundy; victory is possible, C.S.Gray and K.Payne; Scowcroft report.mehr