Strategy in the Missile Age

by Bernard Brodie

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780833042248
Publisher:	RAND Corporation
Publication date:	09/30/2007
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.01(h) x 1.07(d)

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter, pg. i
• Preface for Paperback Edition, pg. v
• Preface, pg. xi
• Contents, pg. xv
• 1. Introduction, pg. 3
• 2. Prologue to Air Strategy, pg. 21
• 3. The Heritage of Douhet, pg. 71
• 4. Strategic Bombing in World War II, pg. 107
• 5. The Advent of Nuclear Weapons, pg. 147
• 6. Is There a Defense ?, pg. 173
• 7. The Wish for Total Solutions: Preventive War, Pre-Emptive Attack, and Massive Retaliation, pg. 223
• 8. The Anatomy of Deterrence, pg. 264
• 9. Limited War, pg. 305
• 10. Strategy Wears a Dollar Sign, pg. 358
• 11. Recapitulation and Conclusions, pg. 390
• Index, pg. 411