The Origins of U.S. Nuclear Strategy, 1945–1953

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 difficu...

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Main Authors: Williamson, Samuel R., Rearden, Steven L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 1993, 1993
Series:Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Series on Diplomatic and Economic History
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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520 |a 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