The Myth of Strategic Superiority: Us Nuclear Weapons and Limited Conflicts, 1945-1954 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title The Myth of Strategic Superiority: Us Nuclear Weapons and Limited Conflicts, 1945-1954

Creator

  • Author: Morse, Eric
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Citino, Robert
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Wawro, Geoffrey
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Mitchener, Donald
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
    Additional Info: www.unt.edu

Date

  • Creation: 2012-05

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The nuclear age provided U.S. soldiers and statesmen with unprecedented challenges. the U.S. military had to incorporate a weapon into strategic calculations without knowing whether the use of the weapon would be approved. Broad considerations of policy led President Dwight Eisenhower to formulate a policy that relied on nuclear weapons while fully realizing their destructive potential. Despite the belief that possession of nuclear weapons provided strategic superiority, the U.S. realized that such weapons were of little value. This realization did not stop planners from attempting to find ways to use nuclear weapons in Korea and Indochina.

Subject

  • Keyword: Cold War
  • Keyword: U.S. defense policy
  • Keyword: nuclear weapons

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights Holder: Morse, Eric
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc115124

Degree

  • Academic Department: Department of History
  • Degree Discipline: History
  • Degree Level: Master's
  • Degree Name: Master of Arts
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas
  • Degree Publication Type: thesi

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