Strategy in the Missile Age
by Bernard Brodie
Publisher: RAND Corporation 2007
ISBN/ASIN: 0833042246
ISBN-13: 9780833042248
Number of pages: 440
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Strategy in the Missile Age was written during the dawn of the nuclear age, when the advent of intercontinental ballistic missiles necessitated a massive rethinking of military strategy and power. Originally published in 1959, it retains ample relevance today for its discussion of the origins of air power, its cornerstone position in the evolution of Cold War era nuclear strategy, and its treatment of preventive and preemptive attacks, deterrence, and the economics of strategy.
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