The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. Second Edition. Trade paperback. xxi, [1], 522 pages. Notes. Bibliography. Subject Index. Name Index. Cover has minor wear and soiling. Sir Lawrence David Freedman, KCMG, CBE, PC, FBA (born 7 December 1948) is Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London. He has been described as the "dean of British strategic studies",[2] and is a member of the Iraq Inquiry. He was made a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom when appointed to the Iraq Inquiry in 2009. Freedman's principal areas of interest include contemporary defence and foreign policy issues. He has written extensively on nuclear strategy and the cold war. First published more than twenty years ago, Lawrence Freedman's Evolution of Nuclear Strategy was immediately acclaimed as the standard work on the history of attempts to cope militarily and politically with the terrible destructive power of nuclear weapons. Condition: Very good.

Keywords: Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, Military Strategy, Strategic Bombing, Massive Retaliation, Mutual Assured Destruction, Limited War, First Strike, Arms Control, Escalation, Military-Industrial, Schlesinger Doctrine, ICBM

ISBN: 0312028431

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