Suchergebnisse

Nuclear targeting and Japan, 1945 -- Per ardua ad atomica : Ur-nuclear targeting, 1946-49 -- Imminence of war I : targeting the Soviet Union, 1950-53 -- Imminence of war II : targeting Europe and the Far East, 1950-53 -- Four Horsemen I : targeting the Soviet Union, 1954-56 -- Four Horsemen II : targeting Europe and the Far East, 1954-56 -- Increasing the deterrent margin : SAC and the Soviet Union, 1956-58 -- Prosteishiy Sputnik : mid-course corrections, 1957-59 -- Coming together : the Basic War Plan, 1958-60 -- Megadeath musings : alternative undertaking and deterrence, 1958-60 -- The acme of skill : the Basic War Plan, the General Emergency Operations Plan, and the Far East, 1957-60 -- Conclusion -- AppendixA: SAC Emergency War Plan EWP1-49 and EWP1-51 Targets -- Appendix B: Soviet cities and population, 1960 estimates.

Using strategic plans, intelligence analysis, and other materials that have only recently been declassified, Emergency War Plan examines the theory and practice of nuclear deterrence during the 1945-1960 period of the Cold War.

"'Deconstructing Dr. Strangelove' examines how well the Cold War crisis films stack up against historical reality, or at least as much of that reality as we can reconstruct with confidence"--