The wizards of Armageddon

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This is the untold story of the small group of men who have devised the plans and shaped the policies on how to use the Bomb. The book (first published in 1983) explores the secret world of these strategists of the nuclear age and brings to light a chapter in American political and military history never before revealed. -- from back cover.

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Title Statements

Full title :The wizards of Armageddon / Fred Kaplan ; [new foreword by Martin J. Sherwin].

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:1991

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Stanford University Press
Place of Publication:Stanford, California
Language:eng
Publication Date:1991

Notes

"The untold story of the small group of men who have devised the plans and shaped the policies on how to use the bomb"--Cover.

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1983.

"SP 290"--Cover.

The Physical Object

Description:452 pages ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0804718849, 9780804718844
oclc:ocm25078984
LC Classification:U263
Dewey Decimal:355.02/17

Foreword / Martin J. Sherwin -- Year zero -- Living with the bomb -- Planning for war -- On the beach at RAND -- The superbomb -- The vulnerability study -- The hydra-headed monster -- The Gaither committee -- The report of Maximum Danger -- The missile gap -- The massive-retaliation speech -- The limited-war critique -- Counterforce -- Dr. Strangelove -- The real rivalry -- The Whiz kids -- Two briefings -- The SIOP and the road to Ann Arbor -- The gap that never was -- The crises -- Shelter mania -- Damage unlimited -- Vietnam: Stalemate -- The ABM debate -- The new generation -- Dancing in the dark.

Subjects

Armes nucléaires Bewapeningswedloop Guerre nucléaire History Kärnvapenkrigföring Kernwapens Military policy Military research Military research -- History -- 20th ce… Nuclear warfare nuclear wars Nuclear weapons Stratégie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle Strategy Strategy -- History -- 20th century United States United States -- Military policy