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Author Preble, Christopher A.

Title John F. Kennedy and the missile gap / Christopher A. Preble.

Publication Info. DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2004]
©2004

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Description xi, 244 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-233) and index.
Contents Eisenhower, the new look, and their critics -- A senator finds his voice -- The presidential election of 1960 and the politics of national security -- The new frontier and the closing of the missile gap -- The legacy of Cold War military spending.
Subject Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Nuclear weapons -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear weapons -- Economic aspects.
Nuclear weapons.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- Soviet Union.
Intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Soviet Union.
Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- United States.
United States -- Military policy.
Military policy.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
International relations.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1953-1961
Subject United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963.
Chronological Term 1961-1963
Subject National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
National security.
Cold War.
Cold War (1945-1989)
ISBN 0875803326 alkaline paper
9780875803326 alkaline paper