Description: Further DetailsTitle: To Kill NationsCondition: NewEAN: 9780801452482ISBN: 9780801452482Publisher: Cornell University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 04/22/2015Item Height: 235mmItem Length: 155mmItem Weight: 28gAuthor: Edward KaplanLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: American Strategy in the Air-Atomic Age and the Rise of Mutually Assured DestructionISBN-10: 0801452481Description: "Edward Kaplan's To Kill Nations is a fascinating work that packs a thermonuclear punch of ideas and arguments... The work is suitable for anyone from advanced undergraduates to experts in the field."― Strategy Bridge In To Kill Nations, Edward Kaplan traces the evolution of American strategic airpower and preparation for nuclear war from this early air-atomic era to a later period (1950–1965) in which the Soviet Union's atomic capability, accelerated by thermonuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, made American strategic assets vulnerable and gradually undermined air-atomic strategy. Kaplan throws into question both the inevitability and preferability of the strategic doctrine of MAD. He looks at the process by which cultural, institutional, and strategic ideas about MAD took shape and makes insightful use of the comparison between generals who thought they could win a nuclear war and the cold institutional logic of the suicide pact that was MAD. Kaplan also offers a reappraisal of Eisenhower's nuclear strategy and diplomacy to make a case for the marginal viability of air-atomic military power even in an era of ballistic missiles.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: HistoryItem Width: 25mmRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: To Kill Nations
Title: To Kill Nations
EAN: 9780801452482
ISBN: 9780801452482
Release Date: 04/22/2015
Release Year: 2015
Subtitle: American Strategy in the Air-Atomic Age and the Rise of Mutually
ISBN-10: 0801452481
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: To Kill Nations : American Strategy in the Air-Atomic Age and the Rise of Mutually Assured Destruction
Number of Pages: 276 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Topic: Military / Nuclear Warfare, Public Policy / Military Policy, Military / Strategy, Military / United States, Military / Aviation, Security (National & International)
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2015
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, History
Item Weight: 32.1 Oz
Item Length: 9.5 in
Author: Edward Kaplan
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
