The Origins of U.S. Nuclear Strategy, 1945-1953 / Edition 1

by Kenneth A. Loparo

Overview

The United States took almost a decade after Hiroshima and Nagasaki to develop a coherent strategy of nuclear deterrence. This comprehensive study by two careful and well-informed historians provides the best explanation we have of why this process took so long; it also suggests the inherent difficulties of relying on nuclear weapons to provide security in the first place. Required reading for anyone interested in the early history of the nuclear era.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312089641
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	06/15/1993
Series:	The World of the Roosevelts
Edition description:	1993
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

Preface - Onset of the Nuclear Age - The Search for Controls: Foreign and Domestic - Policy and Transition - 1948: Year of Crisis - Move and Counter-Move: The Development of a Nuclear Arsenal - Re-arming for the Cold War - SAC and the Anglo-American Connection - Conclusion - Note on Sources and Select Bibliography - Index

Editorial Reviews

Details the growth of US reliance on nuclear weapons during the decade after World War II, noting President Truman's gradual and grudging acceptance of their importance, and the complex interplay between that policy and foreign policy, new technologies, and the budgetary process. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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