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Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History Ser.: Destroying the Village : Eisenhower and Thermonuclear War by Campbell Craig (1998, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherColumbia University Press

ISBN-100231111231

ISBN-139780231111232

eBay Product ID (ePID)737490

Product Key Features

Number of Pages240 Pages

Publication NameDestroying the Village : Eisenhower and Thermonuclear War

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1998

SubjectMilitary / Nuclear Warfare, United States / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaHistory

AuthorCampbell Craig

SeriesColumbia Studies in Contemporary American History Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight10.7 Oz

Item Length0.9 in

Item Width0.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN98-011023

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"Campbell Craig does an impressive job of setting the historical record straight in his interesting and well-documented first book." -- Steven W. Hook, Kent State University, H-Net Reviews, "The strength of this book is its marshaling of fresh material to support a bold interpretation of an important subject. Students of the Eisenhower years will have to take note of both the book and the author." -- H.W. Brands, Texas A& M University, Journal of American History, "This is a highly commendable study...It will be essential reading." -- Ian Jackson, Journal of American Studies, Campbell Craig does an impressive job of setting the historical record straight in his interesting and well-documented first book., The strength of this book is its marshaling of fresh material to support a bold interpretation of an important subject. Students of the Eisenhower years will have to take note of both the book and the author.

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal355.0217097309045

SynopsisThanks to recently declassified government documents from the early Cold War era, Craig is able to investigate what America's strategists really thought about the viability of nuclear warfare. He demonstrates that even as they were publicly attempting to make nuclear war technically feasible, many Pentagon officials were privately pessimistic regarding any nuclear strategy. Craig probes the heated arguments Eisenhower had with his national security advisors, and shows how the president conspired to make the option of war with the Soviet Union impossible., In the early days of the Cold War, thermonuclear conflict was everywhere an imminent threat. With the realization that mutual destruction was the likely result of a nuclear war, US policy makers were forced to articulate a coherent stance on what they would do if the United States went to war with the USSR. The paradox of defeat or mutual annihilation was one that plagued American policy makers and scholars, whatever their stated position.