Brodie, Bernard, 1910-1978.

Strategy in the missile age / by Bernard Brodie. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1965. - xiii, 423 pages ; 21 cm

"This study was undertaken by the Rand Corporation as a part of its research program for the United States Air Force."

Includes bibliographical references.

Prologue to air strategy -- The heritage of Douhet -- Strategic bombing in World War II -- The advent of nuclear weapons -- Is there a defense? -- The wish for total solutions : preventive war, pre-emptive attack, and massive rebellion -- The anatomy of deterrence -- Limited war -- Strategy wears a dollar sign -- Recapitulation and conclusions.

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Strategy.
Military policy.
Nuclear warfare.


United States--Military policy.

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