Strategic arms interactions: 1945-1961
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Authors
Hood, Joseph W. Jr.
Terry, William E.
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Carrick, P.M.
Date of Issue
1974-09
Date
September 1974
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
Throughout the period 1945-1961 the Soviet Union was strategically inferior to the United States. The Soviets sought to redress this imbalance, and the United States endeavored to remain superior. An examination is made of each major strategic arms innovation, in context, to determine its relationship to the action/reaction process. No single pattern of interaction is recognized, but one unmistakable characteristic does emerge. The United States consistantly reacted strongly even when enjoying a decisive weapons margin if a threat were perceived to its strategic superiority.
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Operations Research and Administrative Science
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.