At the brink of Armageddon
Subtitle: how American presidents managed the atom bomb
By: James E. Goodby.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780742550759; 9780742550766
Subjects: Nuclear weapons -- United States.; United States -- Military policy.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: At the beginning : Churchill, Roosevelt and Truman; title: Nuclear deterrence or preventive war? : Eisenhower's choice; title: John Kennedy : from crisis to triumph to tragedy; title: Lyndon Johnson : the offense-defense riddle; title: Richard Nixon : only connect; title: Gerald Ford : a time to plant; title: Jimmy Carter : the limits of presidential power; title: The Reagan revolution in nuclear weaponry; title: George H.W. Bush : managing the Soviet succession; title: William J. Clinton : facing new threats; title: George W. Bush : overthrowing the old order.