 | The Nixon Administration and the Making of U.S. Nuclear Strategy Subjects: United States -- Military policy; Nuclear weapons -- United States; Deterrence (Strategy); United States -- Politics and government -- 1969–1974; In 1974 Richard Nixon's defense secretary, James Schlesinger, announced that the United States would change its nuclear targeting policy from "assured destruction" to "limited nuclear options." In this account of the Schlesinger Doctrine based on... Terry Terriff is Senior Research Fellow, Strategic Studies Program, University of Calgary. |
