Living with Peril: Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Nuclear Weapons

by Andreas Wenger

Book Overview

Living with Peril explains in detail how the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations adapted to the reality of a Soviet nuclear force capable of destroying the United States and against which there was no effective defense. Wenger illuminates the development, implementation, and evolution of U.S. government policies designed to avoid war and to respond to the vulnerability of nuclear destruction. Drawing from a wealth of sources, Wenger provides...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847685144
• ISBN13: 9780847685141
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"