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Stockpile : the story behind 10,000 strategic nuclear weapons / Jerry Miller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Jerry, 1919-2014.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nuclear weapons--United States.
- Nuclear weapons.
- United States.
- United States--Military policy.
- Military policy.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- An overview : questions from the past
- The civilian authority : from Roosevelt to Obama
- Control : from military to civilian
- Policy : hawk or dove?
- Strategies : cities or silos?
- Guidance : orders to the targeteers
- Intelligence : never trust the stuff
- Targeting : the process
- The SIOP : plan for destruction
- The scientists : contributions of technology
- The military : inter-service rivalry
- The politicians : nukes
- political or military?
- Educating the public : an unfinished task
- Arms control : who needs it?
- The future : what is next?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781591145318
- 1591145317
- OCLC:
- 548555762
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