{"product_id":"to-kill-nations-edward-kaplan-9781501752049","title":"To Kill Nations: American Strategy in the Air-Atomic Age and the Rise of Mutually Assured Destruction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Edward Kaplan's \u003ci\u003eTo Kill Nations\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating work that packs a thermonuclear punch of ideas and arguments... The work is suitable for anyone from advanced undergraduates to experts in the field.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e― \u003ci\u003eStrategy Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Kill Nations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Edward Kaplan traces the evolution of American strategic airpower and preparation for nuclear war from this early air-atomic era to a later period (1950-1965) in which the Soviet Union's atomic capability, accelerated by thermonuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, made American strategic assets vulnerable and gradually undermined air-atomic strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaplan throws into question both the inevitability and preferability of the strategic doctrine of MAD. He looks at the process by which cultural, institutional, and strategic ideas about MAD took shape and makes insightful use of the comparison between generals who thought they could win a nuclear war and the cold institutional logic of the suicide pact that was MAD. Kaplan also offers a reappraisal of Eisenhower's nuclear strategy and diplomacy to make a case for the marginal viability of air-atomic military power even in an era of ballistic missiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Kaplan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501752049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501752049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Edward Kaplan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944308769023,"sku":"9781501752049","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_614d6514-5bed-4085-8f5b-252261f41791.jpg?v=1681502938","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/to-kill-nations-edward-kaplan-9781501752049","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}