03041nam 2200709 450 991045139870332120200520144314.00-19-802095-31-280-52332-897866105233200-19-536454-6(CKB)1000000000411550(EBL)272253(OCoLC)476009834(SSID)ssj0000362881(PQKBManifestationID)12069370(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000362881(PQKBWorkID)10380595(PQKB)10710540(SSID)ssj0000302534(PQKBManifestationID)12042552(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000302534(PQKBWorkID)10274658(PQKB)11782930(MiAaPQ)EBC272253(Au-PeEL)EBL272253(CaPaEBR)ebr11303232(CaONFJC)MIL52332(OCoLC)935260721(EXLCZ)99100000000041155020151030h19871987 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMarch to Armageddon the United States and the nuclear arms race, 1939 to the present /Ronald E. PowaskiNew York, [New York] ;Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,1987.©19871 online resource (311 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-503878-9 0-19-504411-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; 1. Roosevelt and the Manhattan Project, 1939-1945; 2. Truman, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, 1945; 3. Truman and International Control of the Atom, 1945-1947; 4. Truman, the Cold War, and the Hydrogen Bomb, 1947-1952; 5. Eisenhower and Massive Retaliation, 1953-1961; 6. Eisenhower and Nuclear Arms Control, 1953-1961; 7. Kennedy, Nuclear Weapons, and the Limited Test Ban Treaty, 1961-1963; 8. Johnson, Nuclear Weapons, and the Pursuit of SALT, 1963-1969; 9. Nixon and SALT I, 1969-1972; 10. Nixon, Ford, and the Decline of Détente, 1972-1977; 11. Carter and SALT II, 1977-198112. Reagan and the ""Rearmament"" of America, 1981-198313. Reagan and Nuclear Arms Talks, 1981 to the Present; Conclusion; Glossary of Acronyms and Technical Terms; Notes; Suggested Readings; IndexThis book traces the evolution of the nuclear arms race from its origin in Roosevelt's decision to develop an atomic bomb to Reagan's decision to continue its expansion in the 1980s.Nuclear weaponsArms raceHistory20th centuryUnited StatesDefensesElectronic books.Nuclear weapons.Arms raceHistory355.8/25119/0973Powaski Ronald E.926817MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451398703321March to Armageddon2221194UNINA