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The Nixon Administration and the Making of U.S. Nuclear Strategy /

In 1974 Richard Nixon's defense secretary, James Schlesinger, announced that the United States would change its nuclear targeting policy from "assured destruction" to "limited nuclear options." In the first account of the Schlesinger Doctrine to be based on newly declassifie...

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Autor principal: Terriff, Terry, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1995.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Schlesinger Doctrine and Extended Deterrence
  • 2. The Changing Strategic Environment
  • 3. Disquiet with Assured Destruction
  • 4. The National Strategic Targeting and Attack Policy Review Panel
  • 5. Developing a Policy Consensus
  • 6. The Politics of Strategic Nuclear Policy
  • 7. Implementing the New Nuclear Targeting Guidance
  • 8. Determinants of U.S. Nuclear Strategy
  • Appendix: National Security Decision Memorandum 242.