To Win a Nuclear War: The Pentagon's Secret War Plans

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To Win a Nuclear War records as fully as we are likely to find what has gone on in the minds of American leaders and nuclear strategists on this awesome subject during these fateful forty years. It is an appalling story... This book compels us to re-think and re-write the history of the Cold War and the arms race."--From the foreword by Ramsey Clark, former Attorney General of the United States. To Win a Nuclear War provides a startling glimpse into secret U.S. plans to initiate a nuclear war from 1945 to the present. Based on recently declassified Top Secret documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, this book meticulously traces how U.S. policy makers in over a dozen episodes have threatened to initiate a nuclear attack. The book also documents the surprising reasons why the war plans were never carried out and discloses the deeper, hidden meaning of the Star Wars program. Cover Copyright Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Ramsey Clark Introduction: To Win a Nuclear War The First Era (1945-1960): Massive Pre-emption Chapter 1. Occupying the Soviet Union Chapter 2. BROILER: Atomic Bombs over Berlin Chapter 3. Atomic Bombs over Manchuria Chapter 4. Preventive War: A-Day Chapter 5. Escalation Dominance The Second Era (1960-1974): MAD Chapter 6. Planning a First Strike Chapter 7. Atomic Bombs over Vietnam and the Middle East The Third Era (1974-present): Counterforce Chapter 8. Agonizing about Counterforce Chapter 9. SIOP-5: Decapitating the Soviet Union Chapter 10. First Strike: Myth or Reality? Chapter 11. Pre-War Situation? Chapter 12. Star Wars: Missing Link to a First Strike Chapter 13. SIOP-6: Protracted Nuclear War Chapter 14. What About the Russians? Chapter 15. Point of No Return? Notes Bibliography Index About the Authors Back cover