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Thanks to recently declassified government documents from the early Cold War era, Craig is able to investigate what America's strategists really thought about the viability of nuclear warfare. He demonstrates that even as they were publicly attempting to make nuclear war technically feasible, many Pentagon officials were privately pessimistic regarding any nuclear strategy. Craig probes the heated arguments Eisenhower had with his national security advisors, and shows how the president conspired to make the option of war with the Soviet Union impossible.
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Campbell Craig is a lecturer in American History and Foreign Policy at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch New Zealand.
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"...brief but brilliant...an example of the best of this post-Cold War scholarship." -- Gregg Herken, American Historical Review June 1999
"A harrowing account of the early years of American nuclear strategy, this book offers an unconventional defense of President Dwight Eisenhower." -- David Hendrickson, Foreign Affairs, Nov/Dec 1998
"Campbell Craig offers a fascinating and persuasive analysis of Dwight D. Eisenhower's seemingly senseless nuclear policy." -- Robert Divine, Political Science Quarterly December 1999
"[A]n important survey which examines the strategy to evade nuclear war and Eisenhower's changing policy guidelines on nuclear usage. From security policies to Berlin issues, Craig's analysis is important in considering the background of Eisenhower's attitude toward war." -- The Midwest Book Review
Campbell Craig does an impressive job of setting the historical record straight in his interesting and well-documented first book. -- Steven W. Hook, Kent State University
"A harrowing account of the early years of American nuclear strategy, this book offers an unconventional defense of President Dwight Eisenhower." -- David Hendrickson, Foreign Affairs, Nov/Dec 1998
"Campbell Craig offers a fascinating and persuasive analysis of Dwight D. Eisenhower's seemingly senseless nuclear policy." -- Robert Divine, Political Science Quarterly December 1999
"[A]n important survey which examines the strategy to evade nuclear war and Eisenhower's changing policy guidelines on nuclear usage. From security policies to Berlin issues, Craig's analysis is important in considering the background of Eisenhower's attitude toward war." -- The Midwest Book Review
Campbell Craig does an impressive job of setting the historical record straight in his interesting and well-documented first book. -- Steven W. Hook, Kent State University
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- PublisherColumbia Univ Pr
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0231111223
- ISBN 13 9780231111225
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages240
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Destroying the Village: Eisenhower and Thermonuclear War
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ISBN 10: 0231111223
ISBN 13: 9780231111225
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