The Nixon Administration and the Making of U.S. Nuclear Strategy (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)

by Terry Terriff

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In 1974 Richard Nixon's defense secretary, James Schlesinger, announced that the United States would change its nuclear targeting policy from "assured destruction" to "limited nuclear options." In this account of the Schlesinger Doctrine based on newly declassified documents and extensive interviews with key actors, Terry Terriff challenges the Nixon administration's official explanation of why and how this policy innovation occurred.

  • ISBN10 0801430828
  • ISBN13 9780801430824
  • Publish Date 1 June 1995
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Cornell University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 256
  • Language English