Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Tables and Figures IX
4. Acronyms and Abbreviations XI
5. Preface XIII
6. Introduction XIX
7. Part one The Background of the Kennedy-McNamara Strategic Missile Build-up
8. 1 The Political- Strategic Background, 1957-1960 3
9. 2 The Missile Background 41
10. 3 Quasi-Sovereignties and Alternative Positions in the Defense Establishment 59
11. 4 The Kennedy Administration and the Demise of the "Missile Gap" 88
12. Part two. The Strategic Missile Decisions of the Kennedy-McNamara Administration, 1961-1964
13. 5 Revising the Eisenhower Strategic Missile Program 107
14. 6 The Fiscal Year 1963 Defense Budget: The McNamara Strategic Missile Posture 127
15. 7 Completing the Kennedy-McNamara Strategic Missile Build-up 143
16. Part three. Explaining the Strategic Missile Build-up
17. 8 The Missile Build-up and Intelligence about Soviet Strategic Forces 165
18. 9 Strategie Policy and the Missile Program 179
19. 10 The Missile Build-up and Alternative Strategic Nuclear Delivery Systems 212
20. 11 Pressures on Kennedy and the Missile Build-up 232
21. Conclusion 265
22. Select Bibliography 279
23. Index 299