The double game : the demise of America's first missile defense system and the rise of strategic arms limitation

The double game : the demise of America's first missile defense system and the rise of strategic arms limitation / James Cameron.

How did the United States move from position of nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union at the beginning of the 1960s to a period of arms control based on nuclear parity the doctrine of mutual assured destruction in 1972? Drawing on declassified records of conversations between three presidents an...

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Main Author: Cameron, James (Assistant professor) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Ballistic missile defenses > United States > History > 20th century.
National security > United States > History > 20th century.
Ballistic missile defenses
National security
United States
History
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Summary:How did the United States move from position of nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union at the beginning of the 1960s to a period of arms control based on nuclear parity the doctrine of mutual assured destruction in 1972? Drawing on declassified records of conversations between three presidents and their most trusted advisors, this book provides a new and fascinating answer to this question.
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2017.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190459956
0190459956
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 16, 2017).

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