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US Intelligence and the Soviet Strategic Threat

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  • © 1977

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Authors:
  1. Lawrence Freedman

    1. Royal Institute of International Affairs, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-7

  3. The Intelligence Community

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    Pages 8-29

  4. The Estimating Process

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    Pages 30-61

  5. The Missile Gap

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    Pages 62-80

  6. Greater-Than-Expected Threats

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    Pages 81-96

  7. An Invulnerable Deterrent

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    Pages 97-117

  8. The Sentinel Decision

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    Pages 118-128

  9. The Nixon Administration: Protecting Minuteman Through Safeguard

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    Pages 129-152

  10. Protecting Minuteman Through SALT

    • Lawrence Freedman
    Pages 153-168

  11. Preparing for the Threat: 1972–6

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    Pages 169-182

  12. US Intelligence and the Soviet Strategic Threat

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    Pages 183-198

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 199-235
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The author examines in detail the organization of the U.S. intelligence community, its attempts to monitor and predict the development of Soviet forces from the early days of the cold war, and how these attempts affected American policy and weapons production.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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  • Royal Institute of International Affairs, UK

    Lawrence Freedman

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