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Author:

Burr, William, author.

Title:

Nixon's nuclear specter : the secret alert of 1969, madman diplomacy, and the Vietnam War / William Burr, Jeffrey P. Kimball.

Publisher:

University Press of Kansas,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xv, 455 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Diplomatic history.
Nuclear weapons--History--United States--History--20th century.
Nixon, Richard M.--(Richard Milhous),--1913-1994--Influence.
United States--Foreign relations--1969-1974.
United States--Military policy--20th century.

Other Authors:

Kimball, Jeffrey P., author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-433) and index.

Contents:

Prelude: nuclear diplomacy and notions about nuclear use from Truman to Johnson, August 1945-January 1969 -- The madman theory: Mr. Nixon, Dr. Kissinger, and Dr. Strangelove, 1945-1969 -- The "big game" and the bombing of Cambodia, December 1968-March 1969 -- The Vance ploy and the Mining ruse, March-April 1969 -- The Mining ruse, threat diplomacy, peace plans, and withdrawals, April-July 1969 -- The first Duck Hook Plan, the "Nixon Doctrine," and a deadline, July-August 1969 -- Toward the November option: Duck Hook and Pruning Knife, July-September 1969 -- To escalate or not to escalate? September-October 1969 -- The secret nuclear alert, October 1969 -- Epilogue: aftermaths and assessments.

Series:

Modern war studies

ISBN:

0700620826 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780700620821 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)895730697

LCCN:

2015002802

Locations:

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