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The Wizards of Armageddon

The Untold Story of the Men Who Devised the Plans and Shaped the Policies on How to Use the Bomb

by Fred Kaplan · 1991 · 456 pages

Dan Carlin
Dan Carlin
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Dan Carlin

About This Book

An investigative history of the intellectual strategists at the RAND Corporation and within the U.S. government who developed the nuclear warfare policies of the Cold War. The narrative tracks how academics and scientists applied logic and game theory to the unprecedented dilemma of nuclear deterrence.

Book Details

Published

1991

Pages

456

Language

en

ISBN

9780804718844

Awards & Recognition

Washington Monthly Political Book of the Year Award

Series

Part 3 of Stanford Nuclear Age Series

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