TY - BOOK AU - Freedman,Lawrence AU - Freedman,Lawrence TI - U.S. Intelligence and the Soviet Strategic Threat: Updated Edition T2 - Princeton Legacy Library SN - 9780691610054 AV - UB251.U5 U1 - 355.3/432/0973 19 PY - 2014///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - Military intelligence KW - United States KW - Strategic forces KW - Soviet Union KW - HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - 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 Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400857999 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400857999 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400857999.jpg ER -