Destroying the Village: Eisenhower and Thermonuclear War
- ISBN-10
- 0231111231
- ISBN-13
- 9780231111232
- Category
- Nuclear warfare
- Pages
- 216
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Author
- Campbell Craig
Description
In the early days of the Cold War, thermonuclear conflict was everywhere an imminent threat. With the realization that mutual destruction was the likely result of a nuclear war, US policy makers were forced to articulate a coherent stance on what they would do if the United States went to war with the USSR. The paradox of defeat or mutual annihilation was one that plagued American policy makers and scholars, whatever their stated position.
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