Strategy in the Missile Age

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Reviews the development of modern military strategy to World War II, and considers new problems and new approaches. The study was undertaken by the Rand Corporation as a part of its research program for the United States Air Force.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brodie, Bernard, 1910-1978
Corporate Author: Rand Corporation
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1959.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Strategy.
Nuclear warfare.
Military policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
nuclear wars.
Guerre nucleaire.
Politique militaire.
Strategie.
Nuclear Warfare
United States.
United States > Military policy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Prologue to air strategy
  • The heritage of Douhet
  • Strategic bombing in WorId War II
  • The advent of nuclear weapons
  • Is there a defense?
  • The wish for total solutions : preventive war, pre-emptive attack, and massive retaliation
  • The anatomy of deterrence
  • Limited war
  • Strategy wears a dollar sign
  • Recapitulation and conclusions.

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