Research Catalog

Title

What kinds of guns are they buying for your butter? : a beginner's guide to defense, weaponry, and military spending / Sheila Tobias [and others].

Publication

New York : W. Morrow, 1982.

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Details

Additional Authors

Tobias, Sheila.

Description

428 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Subject

• National security > United States
• Armed Forces > Weapons systems
• Military policy
• National security
• Militärausgaben
• United States > Armed Forces > Weapons systems
• United States > Military policy
• United States

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [410]-415.

Contents

The weapons -- Why nations arm -- Sticks and stones -- Science, weapons, and war -- World War II and beyond -- Bombs and bombers -- Nuclear and thermonuclear weapons -- Nuclear effects -- Missiles -- Conclusion -- Two kinds of warfare : strategic and tactical -- Bombers : the Strategic Air Command (SAC) -- Intercontinental ballistic missiles : ICBMs -- Submarine-launched ballistic missiles : SLBMs -- The Triad -- Soviet second-generation missiles -- Strategic defense -- MIRVing -- Catching up -- Cruise missiles -- B-1 bombers -- Trident submarine -- War in space -- Other countries heard from -- Conclusion -- Capability analysis -- Massive retaliation -- Flexible response -- Thinking about the unthinkable -- Arms limitation -- The period after détente -- Firepower -- The M-16 rifle -- Modern artillery -- Surface-to- surface missiles -- Tanks -- Antitank weapons -- Bombs -- Mobility and maneuver -- Cargo planes -- Armored vehicles -- Helicopters -- Fighter aircraft -- Tactical missiles -- AWACs -- Naval weapons -- Conclusion -- War vs. peace : the bottom line -- The cast of characters : the defense community -- Profits -- Cost overruns -- DOD : the Department of Defense -- The weapons procurement process today -- Where it all comes together : the defense budget -- Conclusion -- A little history -- Controlling nuclear arms -- SALT I -- SALT II -- Verification -- Détente, linkage, and arms control -- Future trends -- The troubled North Atlantic Alliance -- The rapid deployment force -- The naval debate -- Chemical and biological warfare -- The B-1 -- MX: a missile in search of a home -- ABM, ASAT, and the war in space -- The high-tech debate -- What is quality? -- Conclusion -- Appendix I : map of nuclear weapons locations in the United States -- Appendix II : top U.S. defense contractors.

ISBN

• 0688013740
• 9780688013745

LCCN

82012565

OCLC

• ocm08628828
• 8628828
• SCSB-600150

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library