From Polaris to Trident: The Development of US Fleet Ballistic Missile Technology (Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Series Number 30)

Spinardi, Graham

ISBN 10: 0521413575 / ISBN 13: 9780521413572

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1994

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larger 8vo cloth pp ix+253 bw diagrams notes index F-/VG+ US naval ballistic missile development from captured German V-2 technology to later 1980s Trident. [ Extra signed postage overseas. ].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Polaris to Trident: The Development of US Fleet Ballistic Missile Technology (Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Series Number 30)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521413575
• ISBN 13: 9780521413572
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This book provides a historical account of one of the key weapons developments of the nuclear age. By examining the United States Fleet Ballistic Missile program from Polaris in the 1950s to Trident II in the 1990s, Graham Spinardi is able to examine in detail the complex relationship between the advance of technology and the pace of the arms race. Did technology "drive" the arms race or were these weapons simply the product of political decisions? His account, drawing on interviews with many of the key participants, is the most complete currently available.

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