Gavin, Francis J.,

Nuclear statecraft : history and strategy in America's atomic age / Francis J. Gavin. - x, 218 pages ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (page 171-211) and index.

History, theory, and statecraft in the nuclear age -- The myth of flexible response -- Nuclear weapons, statecraft, and the Berlin crisis, 1958-1962 -- Blasts from the past : proliferation lessons from the 1960s -- Nuclear Nixon -- That seventies show : the consequences of parity revisited -- Same as it ever was? : nuclear weapons in the 21st century -- Global zero, history, and the nuclear revolution.

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