The End of Victory : Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age /

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The End of Victory recounts the costs of failure in nuclear war through the work of the most secret deliberative body of the National Security Council, the Net Evaluation Subcommittee (NESC). In nuclear war, from 1953 onwards, American leaders chose to know as precisely as possible what would happen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kaplan, Edward (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2022]
Temas:
Cold War.
Military planning > United States > History > 20th century.
National security > United States > Evaluation > History > 20th century.
Nuclear warfare > Risk assessment > United States > History > 20th century.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Strategic culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Strategy > History > 20th century.
Cold War History.
History.
Political Science & Political History.
HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare.
net evaluation subcommittee national security council, eisenhower nuclear strategy, kennedy nuclear strategy, victory in nuclear war.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1 ORIGINS
  • 2 VICTORY
  • 3 VICTORY'S TWILIGHT
  • 4 PREVAILING IN THE SPACE AGE
  • 5 FINDING THE OPTIMUM MIX
  • 6 FROM FORCIBLE ACTION TO COERCION
  • 7 TESTING CONTROLLED RESPONSE
  • 8 WAR TERMINATION AND NESC'S END
  • CONCLUSION
  • Index

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