03753nam 2200625 a 450 991081458770332120230721023016.00-87586-704-9(CKB)1000000000805791(EBL)471024(OCoLC)460123681(SSID)ssj0000340310(PQKBManifestationID)12134350(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340310(PQKBWorkID)10365362(PQKB)10214389(MiAaPQ)EBC471024(Au-PeEL)EBL471024(CaPaEBR)ebr10476843(EXLCZ)99100000000080579120090126d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMemoirs of a cold warrior the struggle for nuclear parity /Lee C. CarpenterNew York Algora Pub.c20091 online resource (xvi, 230 pages)Includes index.0-87586-702-2 Preface; Chapter 1. Nike Air Defense; Chapter 2. IBM Military Programs; Chapter 3. The Space Guidance Center and Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missiles; Chapter 4. Strategic Bombers, Missiles & Armaments; Chapter 5. New Bomber Avionics; Chapter 6. A-7D/E Avionics Program; Chapter 7. Bomber & AWACS Advocacy, and More Avionics; Chapter 8. B-1 Avionics Competitions; Chapter 9. Program Analyses & Selection; Chapter 10. Air Force Invitational Orders; Chapter 11. Program Management & Congressional Liaison; Chapter 12. New Invitational Orders; Chapter 13. Reagan Transition TeamChapter 15. Senate Testimony & House Study Chapter 15. Reagan's Decisions, & Senate Testimony; Chapter 16. House Testimony & ICBM Basing; Chapter 17. Military, Industrial & Congressional Liaison; Chapter 18. IBM Exodus; Chapter 19. The President's Commission on Strategic Forces & Testimony to the House; Chapter 20. US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, ACDA; Chapter 21. NST Round III - Geneva; Chapter 22. NST Rounds IV-VI; Chapter 23. NST Round VII & Space Policy; Chapter 24. NST Rounds IX & X; Chapter 23. One Last Strategic Study; Chapter 26. Strategic Nuclear ParityAs Russia re-asserts itself on the global stage, and now the People's Republic of China, too, a look back at the hard, cold facts of the Cold War may improve Americans? understanding of our relative strengths and weaknesses and the continuing vulnerability of our primacy in the world. A defense analyst who served on the front lines of the struggle for military parity, the author was party to the steps taken by US military, technical and industrial groups to assess, counter, and of course to seek to outperform Moscow throughout the Cold War, until the ""collapse"" of the Soviet UnionNuclear weaponsGovernment policyUnited StatesHistoryBallistic missilesDesign and constructionIntercontinental ballistic missilesUnited StatesIntercontinental ballistic missilesSoviet UnionAerospace engineersUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesForeign relationsSoviet UnionSoviet UnionForeign relationsUnited StatesNuclear weaponsGovernment policyHistory.Ballistic missilesDesign and construction.Intercontinental ballistic missilesIntercontinental ballistic missilesAerospace engineers355.02/17097309045Carpenter Lee1925-1703020MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814587703321Memoirs of a cold warrior4087956UNINA