The Best Defense : : Policy Alternatives for U.S. Nuclear Security from the 1950s to the 1990s /

The Best Defense : : Policy Alternatives for U.S. Nuclear Security from the 1950s to the 1990s / / David Goldfischer.

A fundamental question posed by the demise of the cold war is whether the superpowers' monumentally dangerous and costly arms buildup was necessary. Was it inevitable that the United States and the Soviet Union acquire capabilities to destroy each other in a nuclear war? Or could they have agre...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Goldfischer, David,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]
©1993
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Acronyms
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Meaning of Offense and Defense
  • 2. The Nuclear Policy Stalemate and the Search for Alternatives (1972-1991)
  • 3. The Argument for Mutual Defense Emphasis
  • 4. Mutual Defense Emphasis in the Bomber Age
  • 5. The Origins and Influence of Offense-Only Arms Control Theory (1960-1972)
  • 6. Mutual Defense Emphasis in the 1960s
  • 7. Strategic Defense without Star Wars: Defense Emphasis in the 1980s and Beyond
  • Index

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