Stockpile : the story behind 10,000 strategic nuclear weapons / Jerry Miller

By: Language: English Publication details: Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, c2010Description: xix, 273 p. : illISBN:
  • 9781591145318
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Contents:
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?
Item type: monograph
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SIPRI Library and Documentation 623.454.8 Miller Available 12/100

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?

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