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Author Goodby, James E.

Title At the borderline of Armageddon : how American presidents managed the atom bomb / James E. Goodby.

Publication Info. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2006]
©2006

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Description xvi, 221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents At the beginning : Churchill, Roosevelt and Truman -- Nuclear deterrence or preventive war? : Eisenhower's choice -- John F. Kennedy : from crisis to triumph to tragedy -- Lyndon Johnson : the offense-defense riddle -- Richard Nixon : only connect -- Gerald Ford : a time to plant -- Jimmy Carter : the limits of presidential power -- The Reagan revolution in nuclear weaponry -- George H.W. Bush : managing the Soviet succession -- Bill Clinton : facing new threats -- George W. Bush : overthrowing the old order.
Subject Nuclear weapons -- United States.
Nuclear weapons.
United States.
United States -- Military policy.
Military policy.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1945-1989
Subject United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Chronological Term 1989-
ISBN 0742550761 paperback alkaline paper
0742550753 cloth alkaline paper
9780742550759 cloth alkaline paper
9780742550766 paperback alkaline paper