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The wizards of Armageddon / Fred Kaplan ; new foreword by Martin J. Sherwin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaplan, Fred M., author.
- Sherwin, Martin J., author of introduction, etc.
- Series:
- Stanford nuclear age series.
- Stanford Nuclear Age Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nuclear warfare.
- Strategy--History--20th century.
- Strategy.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Military research--United States--History--20th century.
- Military research.
- United States--Military policy.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (458 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 1991.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is the untold story of the small group of men who have devised the plans and shaped the policies on how to use the Bomb. The book (first published in 1983) explores the secret world of these strategists of the nuclear age and brings to light a chapter in American political and military history never before revealed.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- 1. Year Zero
- 2. Living with the Bomb
- 3. Planning for War
- 4. On the Beach at RAND
- 5. The Superbomb
- 6. The Vulnerability Study
- 7. The Hydra-Headed Monster
- 8. The Gaither Committee
- 9. The Report of Maximum Danger
- 10. The Missile Gap
- 11. The Massive-Retaliation Sppech
- 12. The Limited-War Critique
- 13. Counterforce
- 14. Dr. Strangelove
- 15. The Real Rivalry
- 16. The Whiz Kids
- 17. Two Briefings
- 18. The SIOP and the Road to Ann Arbor
- 19. The Gap that Never Was
- 20. The Crises
- 21. Shelter Mania
- 22. Damage Unlimited
- 23. Vietnam: Stalemate
- 24. The ABM Debate
- 25. The New Generation
- 26. Dancing in the Dark
- Notes
- Interviews
- Acknowledgments
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780804796170
- 0804796173
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