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- catalog abstract "In the six years since President Reagan announced his plan for a "Strategic Defense Initiative", it has become the centerpiece of American military policy. Yet has our nuclear strategy really changed? Janne Nolan argues that it has not, and that despite the efforts of virtually every president in the nuclear era to alter the policies of his predecessors, these initiatives have had little impact on the real decisions being taken by the closely knit cadre of individuals responsible for operational war planning. This book traces the erratic evolution of our declaratory nuclear doctrine, from Truman's "NSC-68" to Eisenhower's "massive retaliation", Kennedy's "mutual assured destruction", Nixon's "flexible counterforce", and Carter's "countervailing strategy". It also examines why, regardless of which administration is in power, these good intentions have been circumvented by vested interests intent on maximizing our technological superiority. Nolan contends that we risk losing control of our nuclear juggernaut unless our presidents are able to bridge the gap between public rhetoric and military reality.".
- catalog contributor b2550724.
- catalog coverage "United States Military policy.".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1945-".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1945-1989.".
- catalog created "c1989.".
- catalog date "1989".
- catalog date "c1989.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1989.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 287-310.".
- catalog description "In the six years since President Reagan announced his plan for a "Strategic Defense Initiative", it has become the centerpiece of American military policy. Yet has our nuclear strategy really changed? Janne Nolan argues that it has not, and that despite the efforts of virtually every president in the nuclear era to alter the policies of his predecessors, these initiatives have had little impact on the real decisions being taken by the closely knit cadre of individuals responsible for operational war planning. This book traces the erratic evolution of our declaratory nuclear doctrine, from Truman's "NSC-68" to Eisenhower's "massive retaliation", Kennedy's "mutual assured destruction", Nixon's "flexible counterforce", and Carter's "countervailing strategy". It also examines why, regardless of which administration is in power, these good intentions have been circumvented by vested interests intent on maximizing our technological superiority. Nolan contends that we risk losing control of our nuclear juggernaut unless our presidents are able to bridge the gap between public rhetoric and military reality.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 320 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Guardians of the arsenal.".
- catalog identifier "0465086306".
- catalog identifier "0465098029 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Guardians of the arsenal.".
- catalog issued "1989".
- catalog issued "c1989.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Basic Books,".
- catalog relation "Guardians of the arsenal.".
- catalog spatial "United States Military policy.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1945-".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1945-1989.".
- catalog subject "355/.033573 20".
- catalog subject "Nuclear warfare.".
- catalog subject "UA23 .N65 1989".
- catalog title "Guardians of the arsenal : the politics of nuclear strategy / Janne E. Nolan.".
- catalog type "text".