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Autore: | Maloney Sean M. <1967-> |
Titolo: | Emergency war plan : the American doomsday machine, 1945-1960 / / Sean M. Maloney |
Pubblicazione: | Lincoln, Nebraska : , : Potomac Books, , [2021] |
©2021 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
Disciplina: | 355.0217092 |
Soggetto topico: | Nuclear weapons - United States - History - 20th century |
Targeting (Nuclear strategy) - History - 20th century | |
Soggetto geografico: | Soviet Union Strategic aspects |
Nota di contenuto: | Nuclear targeting and Japan, 1945 -- Per ardua ad atomica : Ur-nuclear targeting, 1946-49 -- Imminence of war I : targeting the Soviet Union, 1950-53 -- Imminence of war II : targeting Europe and the Far East, 1950-53 -- Four Horsemen I : targeting the Soviet Union, 1954-56 -- Four Horsemen II : targeting Europe and the Far East, 1954-56 -- Increasing the deterrent margin : SAC and the Soviet Union, 1956-58 -- Prosteishiy Sputnik : mid-course corrections, 1957-59 -- Coming together : the Basic War Plan, 1958-60 -- Megadeath musings : alternative undertaking and deterrence, 1958-60 -- The acme of skill : the Basic War Plan, the General Emergency Operations Plan, and the Far East, 1957-60 -- Conclusion -- AppendixA: SAC Emergency War Plan EWP1-49 and EWP1-51 Targets -- Appendix B: Soviet cities and population, 1960 estimates. |
Sommario/riassunto: | "Using strategic plans, intelligence analysis, and other materials that have only recently been declassified, "Emergency War Plan" examines the theory and practice of nuclear deterrence during the 1945-60 period of the Cold War"-- |
Titolo autorizzato: | Emergency war plan |
ISBN: | 1-64012-234-6 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910825596403321 |
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