Bigger Bombs for a Brighter Tomorrow
Subtitle: The Strategic Air Command and American War Plans at the Dawn of the Atomic Age, 1945-1950
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780786494194
Subjects: United states, air force; Nuclear weapons; Nuclear warfare; Strategic forces, united states; Cold war; United states, military policy
Description: "After World War II, the United States felt secure in its atomic monopoly. From 1945 to 1950, the atomic arsenal was poorly coordinated and funded. The Air Force and the AEC failed to coordinate efforts for a possible atomic offensive. This lack of preparedness serves as a case study in the tenuous nature of U.S. civilian-military relationships. "--