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Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Freedman U.S. Intelligence and the Soviet Strategic Threat
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-5799-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
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Updated Edition
E-Book, Englisch, 270 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5799-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
The author examines in detail the organization of the U.S. intelligence community, its attempts to monitor and predict the development of Soviet forces from the early days of the cold war, and how these attempts affected American policy and weapons production.
Originally published in 1987.
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Weitere Infos & Material
FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. vii
List of Tables and Figures, pg. ix
Foreword to the Second Edition, pg. x
Acknowledgements, pg. xxviii
Sources, pg. xxx
Abbreviations, pg. xxxii
1. Introduction, pg. 1
2. The Intelligence Community, pg. 8
3. The Estimating Process, pg. 30
4. The Missile Gap, pg. 62
5. Greater-Than-Expected Threats, pg. 81
6. An Invulnerable Deterrent, pg. 97
7. The Sentinel Decision, pg. 118
8. The Nixon Administration: Protecting Minuteman Through Safeguard, pg. 129
9. Protecting Minuteman Through SALT, pg. 153
10. Preparing for the Threat: 1972-6, pg. 169
11. US Intelligence and the Soviet Strategic Threat, pg. 183
Notes, pg. 199
Bibliography, pg. 219
Index, pg. 229
