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The Russian nuclear shield from Stalin to Yeltsin / Jennifer G. Mathers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mathers, Jennifer G., 1964-
- Series:
- St. Antony's series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nuclear weapons--Soviet Union.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Ballistic missiles.
- Deterrence (Strategy).
- History.
- Soviet Union.
- Nuclear weapons--Russia (Federation).
- Russia (Federation).
- Soviet Union--Military policy.
- Military policy.
- Russia (Federation)--Military policy.
- Deterrence (Strategy)--History--20th century.
- Ballistic missiles--Soviet Union.
- Ballistic missiles--Russia (Federation).
- Local Subjects:
- Soviet Union--Military policy.
- Russia (Federation)--Military policy.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 227 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan in association with St. Antony's College, 2000.
- Contents:
- 1 'Massive Retaliation' and Soviet Ballistic Missile Defence, 1953-7 3
- 2 'We Can Hit a Fly in Outer Space', 1957-62 17
- 3 From Cuba to Detente, 1962-68 37
- 4 Missile Defence and Arms Control Diplomacy, 1968-72 65
- 5 Missile Defence and the Decline of Detente, 1972-9 88
- 6 The Second Cold War and the Threat of SDI, 1980-5 107
- 7 'New Political Thinking' and Ballistic Missile Defence, 1985-91 125
- 8 Missile Defences and Yeltsin's Russia 151
- Conclusion: The Kremlin's Missile Defence Policy during the Cold War and Beyond 175.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-221) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0333737423
- OCLC:
- 43919669
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