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The Wizards of Armageddon (Stanford Nuclear Age Series)

Fred Kaplan

How did a small group of civilian experts at RAND come to shape nuclear strategy, and did their cool logic serve us well?

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Author
Fred Kaplan

Why read it

  • You will see how experts turned the threat of nuclear war into a problem to be analyzed and managed
  • You will learn how a feared gap in military power can take hold and later prove false
  • You will think about what happens when clever people are so absorbed in a field that it looks unreal from outside

Who it is for

  • A reader trying to understand how nuclear policy was made
  • A strategist or analyst who relies on models
  • A student of the Cold War

Contents

  1. About the Series
  2. FOREWORD
  3. 1. Year Zero
  4. 2. Living with the Bomb
  5. 3. Planning for War
  6. 4. On the Beach at RAND
  7. 5. The Superbomb
  8. 6. The Vulnerability Study
  9. 7. The Hydra-Headed Monster
  10. 8. The Gaither Committee
  11. 9. The Report of Maximum Danger
  12. 10. The Missile Gap
  13. 11. The Massive-Retaliation Speech
  14. 12. The Limited-War Critique
  15. 13. Counterforce
  16. 14. Dr. Strangelove
  17. 15. The Real Rivalry
  18. 16. The Whiz Kids
  19. 17. Two Briefings
  20. 18. The SIOP and the Road to Ann Arbor
  21. 19. The Gap That Never Was
  22. 20. The Crises
  23. 21. Shelter Mania
  24. 22. Damage Unlimited
  25. 23. Vietnam: Stalemate
  26. 24. The ABM Debate
  27. 25. The New Generation
  28. 26. Dancing in the Dark
  29. INTERVIEWS

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