The Future of Nuclear Weapons: A Conversation with Fred Kaplan
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
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George Bush's Dilemma
George bush was the first president to try gorbachoff. A civilian aide, frank miller, looked at every weapon on every target and came up with some astonishing ideas. Even generals in the joint chiefs of staff had never known how completely mechanical, unthinking and overwrought this nuclear war plan was. They were able to cut the number of nuclear weapons in the plan from 12 thousand to five thousand, 888. And when the soviet union imploded, because you no longer could hit targets, which were allies, it ended the arms race.
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