John H. Rubel

Doomsday Delayed

USAF Strategic Weapons Doctrine and SIOP-62, 1959-1962

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Produktbeschreibung

Rubel's account illustrates how potentially disastrous gaps came to exist between national military policies and the detailed design and development of major intercontinental ballistic missile systems-important lessons to be learned in this time of rogue nations and nuclear proliferation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hamilton Books
• Seitenzahl: 82
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 134g
• ISBN-13: 9780761840619
• ISBN-10: 0761840613
• Artikelnr.: 24887543

Autorenporträt

John H. Rubel is a former Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research and Engineering).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Acknowledgements
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 1-The Setting
Chapter 5 2-Minuteman
Chapter 6 3-The Fletcher Committee
Chapter 7 4-SIOP-62
Chapter 8 5-SIOP Post Mortem
Chapter 9 6-The 1961 Berlin Crisis
Chapter 10 7-In Retrospect
Chapter 11 Glossary
Chapter 12 Partial Bibliography
Chapter 13 Notes