The Wizards of ArmageddonThis is the untold story of the small group of men who have devised the plans and shaped the policies on how to use the Bomb. The book (first published in 1983) explores the secret world of these strategists of the nuclear age and brings to light a chapter in American political and military history never before revealed. |
Contents
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3 Planning for War
| 33 |
4 On the Beach at RAND
| 51 |
5 The Superbomb
| 74 |
6 The Vulnerability Study
| 85 |
7 The HydraHeaded Monster
| 111 |
8 The Gaither Committee
| 125 |
17 Two Briefings
| 258 |
18 The SIOP and the Road to Ann Arbor
| 263 |
19 The Gap that Never Was
| 286 |
20 The Crises
| 291 |
21 Shelter Mania
| 307 |
22 Damage Unlimited
| 315 |
Stalemate
| 328 |
24 The ABM Debate
| 343 |
9 The Report of Maximum Danger
| 144 |
10 The Missile Gap
| 155 |
11 The MassiveRetaliation Sppech | 174 |
12 The LimitedWar Critique
| 185 |
13 Counterforce
| 201 |
14 Dr Strangelove
| 220 |
15 The Real Rivalry
| 232 |
16 The Whiz Kids
| 248 |
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