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Moving Targets : Nuclear Strategy and National Security /

Sagan, Scott Douglas

Moving Targets : Nuclear Strategy and National Security / Scott Douglas Sagan. - 1 online resource (232 p.)

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgment -- INTRODUCTION The Usability Paradox -- CHAPTER ONE The Evolution of U.S. Nuclear Doctrine -- CHAPTER TWO Second-Strike Counterforce -- CHAPTER THREE Limited Strategic Defense -- CHAPTER FOUR Accidental War and Operational Arms Control -- CHAPTER FIVE A Delicate Balancing Act -- Notes -- Index

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In what Stanley Hoffmann, writing in The New York Review of Books, has called a "fine analysis and critique of American targeting policies," Sagan looks more at the operational side of nuclear strategy than previous analysts have done, seeking to bridge the gap between theory and practice.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780691221755

10.1515/9780691221755 doi


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