U.S. Intelligence and the Soviet Strategic Threat : : Updated Edition /

U.S. Intelligence and the Soviet Strategic Threat : : Updated Edition / / Lawrence Freedman.

The author examines in detail the organization of the U.S. intelligence community, its attempts to monitor and predict the development of Soviet forces from the early days of the cold war, and how these attempts affected American policy and weapons production.Originally published in 1987.The Princet...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
VerfasserIn:
Freedman, Lawrence,
TeilnehmendeR:
Freedman, Lawrence.
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1987
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Updated edition with a New Preface
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 444
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Physical Description:1 online resource (270 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Foreword to the Second Edition
  • Acknowledgements
  • Sources
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Intelligence Community
  • 3. The Estimating Process
  • 4. The Missile Gap
  • 5. Greater-Than-Expected Threats
  • 6. An Invulnerable Deterrent
  • 7. The Sentinel Decision
  • 8. The Nixon Administration: Protecting Minuteman Through Safeguard
  • 9. Protecting Minuteman Through SALT
  • 10. Preparing for the Threat: 1972-6
  • 11. US Intelligence and the Soviet Strategic Threat
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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