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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Terriff, Terry, 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1995.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
Geschichte (1974)
Militaire politiek.
Kernwapens.
Atomstrategie
Politics and government
Nuclear weapons.
Military policy.
Deterrence (Strategy)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
Dissuasion (Strategie)
Armes nucleaires > États-Unis.
Nuclear weapons > United States.
USA.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique militaire.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1969-1974.
United States > politics & government > 1969
United States > Politics and government > 1969-1974.
United States > Military policy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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