LEADER 03798nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910455389403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-87586-704-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805791 035 $a(EBL)471024 035 $a(OCoLC)460123681 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000340310 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12134350 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340310 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10365362 035 $a(PQKB)10214389 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC471024 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL471024 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10476843 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805791 100 $a20090126d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMemoirs of a cold warrior$b[electronic resource] $ethe struggle for nuclear parity /$fLee C. Carpenter 210 $aNew York $cAlgora Pub.$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (246 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-87586-702-2 327 $aPreface; 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 Team 327 $aChapter 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 Parity 330 $aAs Russia re-asserts itself on the global stage, and now the Peoples 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 Union, f 606 $aNuclear weapons$xGovernment policy$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aBallistic missiles$xDesign and construction 606 $aIntercontinental ballistic missiles$zUnited States 606 $aIntercontinental ballistic missiles$zSoviet Union 606 $aAerospace engineers$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zSoviet Union 607 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNuclear weapons$xGovernment policy$xHistory. 615 0$aBallistic missiles$xDesign and construction. 615 0$aIntercontinental ballistic missiles 615 0$aIntercontinental ballistic missiles 615 0$aAerospace engineers 676 $a355.02/17097309045 700 $aCarpenter$b Lee C$0915706 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455389403321 996 $aMemoirs of a cold warrior$92052827 997 $aUNINA