The End of Victory : Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age /

"The End of Victory tells the history of the enigmatic Net Evaluation Subcommittee of the National Security Council. The NESC studied the gravest potential failure of American strategy in the 1950s and '60s: a surprise Soviet nuclear attack. Its annual reports and specialized studies quant...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Kaplan, Edward A. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [2022]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
National Security Council (U.S.). > Net Evaluation Subcommittee > History.
Strategy.
Strategic culture.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy.
Military policy.
Military planning.
Diplomatic relations.
Culture strategique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre nucleaire > Évaluation du risque > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre froide.
Planification militaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Strategie > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Armes nucleaires > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Cold War.
Military planning > United States > History > 20th century.
Strategy > History > 20th century.
Strategic culture > United States > History > 20th century.
National security > United States > Evaluation > History > 20th century.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Nuclear warfare > Risk assessment > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
Soviet Union.
URSS > Relations exterieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > URSS.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
United States > Military policy > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Origins
  • Victory
  • Victory's Twilight
  • Prevailing in the Space Age
  • Finding the Optimum-Mix
  • From Forcible Action to Coercion
  • Testing Controlled Response
  • War Termination and NESC's End.

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