US intelligence and the Soviet strategic threat /

The author examines in detail the organization of the U.S. intelligence community, its attempts to monitor and predict the development of Soviet forces from the early days of the cold war, and how these attempts affected American policy and weapons production.Originally published in 1987.The Princet...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Freedman, Lawrence (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1986]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Princeton legacy library.
Temas:
Military intelligence > United States.
Strategic forces > Soviet Union.
Service des renseignements militaires > États-Unis.
Forces stratégiques > URSS.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Military intelligence.
Strategic forces.
Soviet Union.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The intelligence community
  • The estimating process
  • The missile gap
  • Greater-than-expected threats
  • An invulnerable deterrent
  • The Sentinel decision
  • The Nixon administration: protecting Minuteman through Safeguard
  • Protecting Minuteman through Salt
  • Preparing for the threat: 1972-6
  • US intelligence and the Soviet strategic threat.

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