Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1100
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Hearings on Military Posture and H.R. 2440, to Authorize Appropriations During Fiscal Year 1964
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1100
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1100
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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Government Operations
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations
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Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 1668
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Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 1668
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Reports and Documents
Author: United States. Congress
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1404
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1404
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March to Armageddon
Author: Ronald E. Powaski
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195044118
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
There have been scientific studies of the nuclear arms race, and there have been political exposés -- yet no book until now has given the general reader a complete and accessible history of the events, forces and factors that have brought the world to the brink of a nuclear holocaust. In this revealing account, Ronald Powaski examines two basic questions: What keeps the nuclear arms race going and why is it so difficult to end? Starting with the opening days of World War II, when Roosevelt gave the go-ahead for the secret development of the atom bomb, the famous Manhattan Project, Powaski traces the unfolding arms race up to the current day. He takes us through Truman's decision to use the bomb against Japan in 1945, the Cold War era and the missile crisis of Kennedy's administration, to the detente years of the seventies and the defense and arms control policies of Ronald Reagan, including "Star Wars" and START (the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks). As Powaski explains, both the United States and the Soviet Union now have a combined total of almost 50,000 nuclear weapons. Nuclear arms treaties and agreements are threatening to collapse, he argues, while the proliferation of nuclear materials and weapons throughout the world has given many countries the capability to produce nuclear weapons. Emphasizing the role of the United States, Powaski shows how one president after another has promised to do his utmost to end the nuclear weapons competition, yet each one has actually increased the quantity or quality of these weapons in the American arsenal. March to Armageddon reveals this startling discrepancy between presidential words and actions.--Publisher description.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195044118
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
There have been scientific studies of the nuclear arms race, and there have been political exposés -- yet no book until now has given the general reader a complete and accessible history of the events, forces and factors that have brought the world to the brink of a nuclear holocaust. In this revealing account, Ronald Powaski examines two basic questions: What keeps the nuclear arms race going and why is it so difficult to end? Starting with the opening days of World War II, when Roosevelt gave the go-ahead for the secret development of the atom bomb, the famous Manhattan Project, Powaski traces the unfolding arms race up to the current day. He takes us through Truman's decision to use the bomb against Japan in 1945, the Cold War era and the missile crisis of Kennedy's administration, to the detente years of the seventies and the defense and arms control policies of Ronald Reagan, including "Star Wars" and START (the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks). As Powaski explains, both the United States and the Soviet Union now have a combined total of almost 50,000 nuclear weapons. Nuclear arms treaties and agreements are threatening to collapse, he argues, while the proliferation of nuclear materials and weapons throughout the world has given many countries the capability to produce nuclear weapons. Emphasizing the role of the United States, Powaski shows how one president after another has promised to do his utmost to end the nuclear weapons competition, yet each one has actually increased the quantity or quality of these weapons in the American arsenal. March to Armageddon reveals this startling discrepancy between presidential words and actions.--Publisher description.
Military Procurement Authorization, Fiscal Year 1964
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
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Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
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Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
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History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
Author: Steven L. Rearden
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 722
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 722
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The McNamara Ascendancy, 1961-1965
Author: Lawrence S. Kaplan
Publisher: Office of the Secretary, Historical Office
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
A narrative history and assessment of the early years of Robert McNamara's tenure as Secretary of Defense, including McNamara's relationship with Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, the transformation of the Department of Defense as a part of Kennedy's New Frontier, and the Pentagon's handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs episode, and onset of the Vietnam War along with other major national security events and developments during a turbulent and momentous period of the Cold War. (Fuller description is on the dust jacket flaps.)
Publisher: Office of the Secretary, Historical Office
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
A narrative history and assessment of the early years of Robert McNamara's tenure as Secretary of Defense, including McNamara's relationship with Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, the transformation of the Department of Defense as a part of Kennedy's New Frontier, and the Pentagon's handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs episode, and onset of the Vietnam War along with other major national security events and developments during a turbulent and momentous period of the Cold War. (Fuller description is on the dust jacket flaps.)
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 792
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 792
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Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1422
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1422
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Some Conditions Affecting Continuity and Change in Congressional Committee Involvement in Defense Policy
Author: John T. Whelan
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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