Stockpile : the story behind 10,000 strategic nuclear weapons /
Miller, Jerry, 1919-
Stockpile : the story behind 10,000 strategic nuclear weapons / Jerry Miller - Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, c2010 - xix, 273 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An overview : questions from the past -- The civilian authority : from Roosevelt to Obama -- Control : from military to civilian -- Policy : hawk or dove? -- Strategies : cities or silos? -- Guidance : orders to the targeteers -- Intelligence : never trust the stuff -- Targeting : the process -- The SIOP : plan for destruction -- The scientists : contributions of technology -- The military : inter-service rivalry -- The politicians : nukes--political or military? -- Educating the public : an unfinished task -- Arms control : who needs it? -- The future : what is next?
9781591145318
nuclear weapons--stockpile--strategic forces--USA
USA--nuclear strategy--military strategy
Stockpile : the story behind 10,000 strategic nuclear weapons / Jerry Miller - Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, c2010 - xix, 273 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An overview : questions from the past -- The civilian authority : from Roosevelt to Obama -- Control : from military to civilian -- Policy : hawk or dove? -- Strategies : cities or silos? -- Guidance : orders to the targeteers -- Intelligence : never trust the stuff -- Targeting : the process -- The SIOP : plan for destruction -- The scientists : contributions of technology -- The military : inter-service rivalry -- The politicians : nukes--political or military? -- Educating the public : an unfinished task -- Arms control : who needs it? -- The future : what is next?
9781591145318
nuclear weapons--stockpile--strategic forces--USA
USA--nuclear strategy--military strategy