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Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Other warfare & defence issues > Arms negotiation & control
In 1974 Richard Nixon's defense secretary, James Schlesinger,
announced that the United States would change its nuclear targeting
policy from "assured destruction" to "limited nuclear options." In
this account of the Schlesinger Doctrine based on newly
declassified documents and extensive interviews with key actors,
Terry Terriff challenges the Nixon administration's official
explanation of why and how this policy innovation occurred.
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