Emergency War Plan: The American Doomsday Machine, 1945-1960

by Sean M. Maloney

Emergency War Plan examines the theory and practice of American nuclear deterrence and its evolution during the Cold War. Previous examinations of nuclear strategy during this time have, for the most part, categorized American efforts as "massive retaliation" and "mutually assured destruction," blunt instruments to be casually dismissed in favor of more flexible approaches or summed up in inflammatory and judgmental terms like "MAD." These...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1640122346
• ISBN13: 9781640122345
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.7" x 9.2"