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

by Steven L Reardon, Steven L Rearden, Kenneth A. Loparo

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349606766
• ISBN13: 9781349606764
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"