Politics and motivations -- Defending against attack by airplanes -- Defense against submarines -- The U.S. establishes strategic deterrence -- Results and conclusions -- Where does that leave us?
Summary:
"During the Cold War the U.S., as part of its defense strategy against the Soviet Union, was forced to establish means of massive long-range attack in response to Soviet advancements in weaponry. This book shows how these defenses evolved from fledgling stop-gap measures into a complex fabric of interconnected combinations of high-tech equipment"-- Provided by publisher.
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