U.S. Intelligence and the Soviet Strategic Threat :U.S. Intelligence and the Soviet Strategic Threat ( Princeton Legacy Library )

Publication subTitle :U.S. Intelligence and the Soviet Strategic Threat

Publication series :Princeton Legacy Library

Author: Freedman Lawrence;Freedman Lawrence;;  

Publisher: Princeton University Press‎

Publication year: 2014

E-ISBN: 9781400857999

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691022420

Subject: K1 World History

Keyword: 世界史

Language: ENG

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Description

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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Chapter

List of Tables and Figures

List of Tables and Figures

Foreword to the Second Edition

Foreword to the Second Edition

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Sources

Sources

Abbreviations

Abbreviations

1 Introduction

1 Introduction

2 The Intelligence Community

2 The Intelligence Community

3 The Estimating Process

3 The Estimating Process

4 The Missile Gap

4 The Missile Gap

5 Greater-Than-Expected Threats

5 Greater-Than-Expected Threats

6 An Invulnerable Deterrent

6 An Invulnerable Deterrent

7 The Sentinel Decision

7 The Sentinel Decision

8 The Nixon Administration: Protecting Minuteman Through Safeguard

8 The Nixon Administration: Protecting Minuteman Through Safeguard

9 Protecting Minuteman Through Salt

9 Protecting Minuteman Through Salt

10 Preparing for the Threat: 1972-6

10 Preparing for the Threat: 1972-6

11 US Intelligence and the Soviet Stragetic Threat

11 US Intelligence and the Soviet Stragetic Threat

Notes

Notes

Bibliography

Bibliography

Index

Index

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