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007 Paper bound
008 051201s2006 mdua b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2005034609
020 _a9780742550766
035 _a(OCoLC)ocm62593401
040 _aDLC
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050 0 0 _aUA23
_b.G7258 2006
082 0 0 _a355.02170973
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_bGO-A
100 1 _aGoodby, James E
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245 1 0 _aAt the borderline of Armageddon
_bhow American presidents managed the atom bomb
260 _aLanham
_bRowman & Littlefield
_c2006
300 _axvi,221p.
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aAt the beginning : Churchill, Roosevelt and Truman -- Nuclear deterrence or preventive war? : Eisenhower's choice -- John F. Kennedy : from crisis to triumph to tragedy -- Lyndon Johnson : the offense-defense riddle -- Richard Nixon : only connect -- Gerald Ford : a time to plant -- Jimmy Carter : the limits of presidential power -- The Reagan revolution in nuclear weaponry -- George H.W. Bush : managing the Soviet succession -- Bill Clinton : facing new threats -- George W. Bush : overthrowing the old order.
650 0 _aNuclear weapons
_zUnited States.
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651 0 _aUnited States
_xMilitary policy.
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651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1945-1989.
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651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1989-
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856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip065/2005034609.html
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