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Author:

Kaplan, Edward, 1973- author.

Title:

To kill nations : American strategy in the air-atomic age and the rise of mutually assured destruction / Edward Kaplan.

Publisher:

Cornell University,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

viii, 260 pages : illustration ; 25 cm

Subject:

Nuclear warfare--History--United States--History--20th century.
Nuclear weapons--History--United States--History--20th century.
Air warfare--History--United States--History--20th century.
Air power--United States--History--History--20th century.
United States.--Air Force--History--20th century.
United States.--Strategic Air Command--Strategic Air Command--History--20th century.
United States--Military policy.
Strategic forces--United States--History--20th century.
Strategy--History--20th century.
Cold War.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prevail -- Antecedents -- Declaration, action, and the air-atomic strategy -- Finding a place -- The fantastic compression of time -- To kill a nation -- Stalemate, finite deterrence, Polaris, and Stop-62 -- New sheriff in town -- End of an era -- Survive.

ISBN:

0801452481 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801452482 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)884961879

LCCN:

2014029090

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)