The Origins of U.S. Nuclear Strategy, 1945-1953 [Hardcover]

The United States took almost a decade after Hiroshima and Nagasaki to develop a coherent strategy of nuclear deterrence. This comprehensive study by two careful and well-informed historians provides the best explanation we have of why this process took so long; it also suggests the inherent difficulties of relying on nuclear weapons to provide security in the first place. Required reading for anyone interested in the early history of the nuclear era.Preface - Onset of the Nuclear Age - The Search for Controls: Foreign and Domestic - Policy and Transition - 1948: Year of Crisis - Move and Counter-Move: The Development of a Nuclear Arsenal - Re-arming for the Cold War - SAC and the Anglo-American Connection - Conclusion - Note on Sources and Select Bibliography - Index