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The double game : the demise of America's first missile defense system and the rise of strategic arms limitation / James Cameron.
By: Cameron, James (Assistant professor) [author.]
.Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190459956 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Ballistic missile defenses -- United States -- History -- 20th century | National security -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190459925DDC classification: 358.4309730904 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: How did the United States move from position of nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union at the beginning of the 1960s to a period of arms control based on nuclear parity the doctrine of mutual assured destruction in 1972? Drawing on declassified records of conversations between three presidents and their most trusted advisors, this book provides a new and fascinating answer to this question.
| Item type | Current library | Copy number | Status | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How did the United States move from position of nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union at the beginning of the 1960s to a period of arms control based on nuclear parity the doctrine of mutual assured destruction in 1972? Drawing on declassified records of conversations between three presidents and their most trusted advisors, this book provides a new and fascinating answer to this question.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 16, 2017).