To Kill Nations : American Strategy in the Air-Atomic Age and the Rise of Mutually Assured Destruction /

To Kill Nations : American Strategy in the Air-Atomic Age and the Rise of Mutually Assured Destruction / Edward Kaplan.

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Between 1945 and 1950, the United States had a global nuclear monopoly. The A-bomb transformed the nation's strategic airpower and saw the Air Force displace the Navy at the front line of US defense. This book traces the evolution of US strategic airpower and preparation for nuclear war from th...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Kaplan, Edward, 1973- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University, 2015.
Subjects:
United States. > Air Force > History > 20th century.
United States. > Air Force. > Strategic Air Command > History > 20th century.
United States. > Air Force.
United States. > Air Force. > Strategic Air Command.
Nuclear warfare > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Air warfare > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Air power > United States > Philosophy > History > 20th century.
Strategic forces > United States > History > 20th century.
Strategy > History > 20th century.
Cold War.
Military policy.
Nuclear warfare > Government policy.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy.
Strategic forces.
Strategy.
United States > Military policy.
United States.
History.
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Summary:Between 1945 and 1950, the United States had a global nuclear monopoly. The A-bomb transformed the nation's strategic airpower and saw the Air Force displace the Navy at the front line of US defense. This book traces the evolution of US strategic airpower and preparation for nuclear war from this early air-atomic era to a later period (1950-65) in which the Soviet Union's atomic capability, accelerated by thermonuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, made US strategic assets vulnerable and gradually undermined air-atomic strategy.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780801455506
0801455502

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