The Nixon Administration and the Making of U.S. Nuclear Strategy

In 1974 Richard Nixon's defense secretary, James Schlesinger, announced that the United States would change its nuclear targeting policy from "assured destruction" to "limited nuclear options." In this account of the Schlesinger Doctrine based on...

Summary

In 1974 Richard Nixon's defense secretary, James Schlesinger, announced that the United States would change its nuclear targeting policy from "assured destruction" to "limited nuclear options." In this account of the Schlesinger Doctrine based on...

Product details

• Authors: Terry Terriff
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.1995
• EAN: 9780801430824
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-3082-4
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 907 g
• Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs; Myth and Poetics; Cornell Studies in Security Affairs; Cornell Studies in Security Af
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous