Memoirs of a cold warrior : the struggle for nuclear parity / Lee C. Carpenter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carpenter, Lee, 1925-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--Government policy--United States--History.

Nuclear weapons.

Ballistic missiles--Design and construction.

Ballistic missiles.

Intercontinental ballistic missiles--United States.

Intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Intercontinental ballistic missiles--Soviet Union.

Aerospace engineers--United States--Biography.

Aerospace engineers.

United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

United States.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.

Soviet Union.

Carpenter, Lee, 1925-.

Carpenter, Lee.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 230 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Pub., c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As Russia re-asserts itself on the global stage, and now the People's Republic of China, too, a look back at the hard, cold facts of the Cold War may improve Americans? understanding of our relative strengths and weaknesses and the continuing vulnerability of our primacy in the world. A defense analyst who served on the front lines of the struggle for military parity, the author was party to the steps taken by US military, technical and industrial groups to assess, counter, and of course to seek to outperform Moscow throughout the Cold War, until the ""collapse"" of the Soviet Union

Contents:

Preface; Chapter 1. Nike Air Defense; Chapter 2. IBM Military Programs; Chapter 3. The Space Guidance Center and Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missiles; Chapter 4. Strategic Bombers, Missiles & Armaments; Chapter 5. New Bomber Avionics; Chapter 6. A-7D/E Avionics Program; Chapter 7. Bomber & AWACS Advocacy, and More Avionics; Chapter 8. B-1 Avionics Competitions; Chapter 9. Program Analyses & Selection; Chapter 10. Air Force Invitational Orders; Chapter 11. Program Management & Congressional Liaison; Chapter 12. New Invitational Orders; Chapter 13. Reagan Transition Team

Chapter 15. Senate Testimony & House Study Chapter 15. Reagan's Decisions, & Senate Testimony; Chapter 16. House Testimony & ICBM Basing; Chapter 17. Military, Industrial & Congressional Liaison; Chapter 18. IBM Exodus; Chapter 19. The President's Commission on Strategic Forces & Testimony to the House; Chapter 20. US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, ACDA; Chapter 21. NST Round III - Geneva; Chapter 22. NST Rounds IV-VI; Chapter 23. NST Round VII & Space Policy; Chapter 24. NST Rounds IX & X; Chapter 23. One Last Strategic Study; Chapter 26. Strategic Nuclear Parity

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-87586-704-9

OCLC:

460123681