The Nixon Administration and the Making of U.S. Nuclear Strategy
1st Edition
Published on 31. May 2018
256 pages
978-1-5017-1759-8 (ISBN)
Description
In 1974 Richard Nixon's defense secretary, James Schlesinger, announced that the United States would change its nuclear targeting policy from "assured destruction" to "limited nuclear options." In this account of the Schlesinger Doctrine based on newly declassified documents and extensive interviews with key actors, Terry Terriff challenges the Nixon administration's official explanation of why and how this policy innovation occurred.
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Language
English
Place of publication
NY
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-1-5017-1759-8 (9781501717598)
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06/1995
Cornell University Press
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TerriffTerry:
Terry Terriff is Senior Research Fellow, Strategic Studies Program, University of Calgary.
Terry Terriff is Senior Research Fellow, Strategic Studies Program, University of Calgary.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Schlesinger Doctrine and Extended Deterrence
- 2 The Changing Strategic Environment
- 3 Disquiet with Assured Destruction
- 4 The National Strategic Targeting and Attack Policy Review Panel
- 5 Developing a Policy Consensus
- 6 The Politics of Strategic Nuclear Policy
- 7 Implementing the New Nuclear Targeting Guidance
- 8 Determinants of U.S. Nuclear Strategy
- Appendix: National Security Decision Memorandum 242
- Index
- A
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- C
- D
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- F
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- I
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- M
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