
US Nuclear Strategy
A Reader
Philip Bobbitt(Editor)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 1. March 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
XI, 525 pages
978-0-333-37445-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
1989 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XI, 525 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
676 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-37445-0 (9780333374450)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-19791-0
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Content
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.