1996, ISBN: 9780313299766

Gebunden, 328 Seiten, 240mm x 161mm x 22mm, Sprache(n): eng Using newly released documents, the author presents an integrated look at American nuclear policy and diplomacy in crises from … Meer...

Gebunden, 328 Seiten, 240mm x 161mm x 22mm, Sprache(n): eng Using newly released documents, the author presents an integrated look at American nuclear policy and diplomacy in crises from the Berlin blockade to Vietnam. The book answers the question why, when the atomic bomb had been used with such devastating effect against the Japanese Empire in 1945, American leaders put this most apocalyptic of weapons back on the shelf, never to be used again in anger. It documents the myopia of Potomac strategists in involving the U.S. in wars of attrition in Korea and Southeast Asia, marginal areas where American vital interests were in no way endangered. Despite the presence of hundreds, then thousands of nuclear bombs and warheads in the nation's stockpile, the greatest military weapon in history became politically impossible to use. And yet overwhelming nuclear superiority did serve its ultimate purpose in the Cold War. When American vital interests were threatened-over Berlin and Cuba-the Soviets backed down from confrontation. Despite errors in strategic judgment brought on by fear of Communist expansion, and in some cases outright incompetence, the ace in the hole proved decisive.TIMOTHY J. BOTTI is an unaffiliated historian who is the author of The Long Wait: Forging of the Anglo-American Nuclear Alliance, 1945-1958 (Greenwood, 1987). Versandkostenfreie Lieferung, [PU: Greenwood Press]<

ISBN: 9780313299766

Using newly released documents, the author presents an integrated look at American nuclear policy and diplomacy in crises from the Berlin blockade to Vietnam. The book answers the questio… Meer...

Using newly released documents, the author presents an integrated look at American nuclear policy and diplomacy in crises from the Berlin blockade to Vietnam. The book answers the question why, when the atomic bomb had been used with such devastating effect against the Japanese Empire in 1945, American leaders put this most apocalyptic of weapons back on the shelf, never to be used again in anger. It documents the myopia of Potomac strategists in involving the U.S. in wars of attrition in Korea and Southeast Asia, marginal areas where American vital interests were in no way endangered. Despite the presence of hundreds, then thousands of nuclear bombs and warheads in the nation's stockpile, the greatest military weapon in history became politically impossible to use. And yet overwhelming nuclear superiority did serve its ultimate purpose in the Cold War. When American vital interests were threatened—over Berlin and Cuba—the Soviets backed down from confrontation. Despite errors in strategic judgment brought on by fear of Communist expansion, and in some cases outright incompetence, the ace in the hole proved decisive. Trade Books>Hardcover>U.S. History>U.S. History>U.S. History, Bloomsbury Academic Core >2<

1996, ISBN: 0313299765

[EAN: 9780313299766], Neubuch, [PU: Bloomsbury 3PL], nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Using newly released documents, the author presents an integrated look… Meer...

[EAN: 9780313299766], Neubuch, [PU: Bloomsbury 3PL], nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Using newly released documents, the author presents an integrated look at American nuclear policy and diplomacy in crises from the Berlin blockade to Vietnam. The book answers the question why, when the atomic bomb had been used with such devastating effect against the Japanese Empire in 1945, American leaders put this most apocalyptic of weapons back on the shelf, never to be used again in anger. It documents the myopia of Potomac strategists in involving the U.S. in wars of attrition in Korea and Southeast Asia, marginal areas where American vital interests were in no way endangered. Despite the presence of hundreds, then thousands of nuclear bombs and warheads in the nation's stockpile, the greatest military weapon in history became politically impossible to use. And yet overwhelming nuclear superiority did serve its ultimate purpose in the Cold War. When American vital interests were threatened-over Berlin and Cuba-the Soviets backed down from confrontation. Despite errors in strategic judgment brought on by fear of Communist expansion, and in some cases outright incompetence, the ace in the hole proved decisive., Books<

1996, ISBN: 0313299765

[EAN: 9780313299766], Neubuch, [PU: Praeger], TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING MILITARY SCIENCE TECHNIK SONSTIGES, Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fu… Meer...

[EAN: 9780313299766], Neubuch, [PU: Praeger], TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING MILITARY SCIENCE TECHNIK SONSTIGES, Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Using newly released documents, the author presents an integrated look at American nuclear policy and diplomacy in crises from the Berlin blockade to Vietnam.InhaltsverzeichnisAbbreviations Sayonara Sanity? War Scare The Soviets D., Books<

1996, ISBN: 0313299765

Gebundene Ausgabe, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Bloomsbury 3PL]