Stockpile: The Story Behind 10,000 Strategic Nuclear Weapons

by Jerry Miller

In 1960 there were some 3,500 strategic nuclear weapons in the United States and by the mid-1970s there were more than 10,000. This book, written by a member of the U.S. nuclear weapons force, gives an account of that buildup and the efforts taken to keep the stockpile under control. Jerry Miller highlights the strategies, targeting and attack plans, and arms control measures associated with the bomb. He addresses the role of the military in establishing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591145317
• ISBN13: 9781591145318
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"