The Origins of U.S. Nuclear Strategy, 1945–1953 ISBN: 9781137058829 Platform/Publisher: SpringerLink / Palgrave Macmillan US Digital rights:Users: unlimited; Printing: unlimited; Download: unlimited Subjects: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection;
The United States took almost a decade after Hiroshima and Nagasaki to develop a coherent strategy of nuclear deterrence. This comprehensive study by two careful and well-informed historians provides the best explanation we have of why this process took so long; it also suggests the inherent difficulties of relying on nuclear weapons to provide security in the first place. Required reading for anyone interested in the early history of the nuclear era.