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S. Radchenko. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, (2024)Enthält Literaturangaben und ein Register; What would it feel like To Run the World? The Soviet rulers spent the Cold War trying desperately to find out. In this panoramic new history of the conflict that defined the postwar era, Sergey Radchenko provides an unprecedented deep dive into the psychology of the Kremlin's decision-making. He reveals how the Soviet struggle with the United States and China reflected its irreconcilable ambitions as a self-proclaimed superpower and the leader of global revolution. This tension drove Soviet policies from Stalin's postwar scramble for territory to Khrushchev's reckless overseas adventurism and nuclear brinksmanship, Brezhnev's jockeying for influence in the third world, and Gorbachev's failed attempts to reinvent Moscow's claims to greatness. Perennial insecurities, delusions of grandeur, and desire for recognition propelled Moscow on a headlong quest for global power, with dire consequences and painful legacies that continue to shape our world..
L. Freedman. Palgrave Macmillan, London, Fourth edition edition, (2019); Intro -- Preface -- Introduction -- Contents -- Chapter 1: The Arrival of the Bomb -- Chapter 2: The Strategy of Hiroshima -- Chapter 3: Offence and Defence -- Chapter 4: Aggression and Retaliation -- Chapter 5: Strategy for an Atomic Monopoly -- Chapter 6: Strategy for an Atomic Stalemate -- Chapter 7: Massive Retaliation -- Chapter 8: Limited Objectives -- Chapter 9: Limited Means -- Chapter 10: The Importance of Being First -- Chapter 11: Sputnik and the Soviet Threat -- Chapter 12: Soviet Strategy After Stalin -- Chapter 13: The Technological Arms Race -- Chapter 14: New Sources of Strategy -- Chapter 15: The Strategy of Stable Conflict -- Chapter 16: Disarmament to Arms Control -- Chapter 17: Operational Nuclear Strategy -- Chapter 18: Khrushchev's Second-Best Deterrent -- Chapter 19: Defending Europe -- Chapter 20: No Cities -- Chapter 21: Assured Destruction -- Chapter 22: Britain's 'Independent' Nuclear Deterrent -- Chapter 23: France and the Credibility of Nuclear Guarantees -- Chapter 24: A NATO Nuclear Force -- Chapter 25: The Unthinkable Weapon -- Chapter 26: China's Paper Tiger -- Chapter 27: The Soviet Approach to Deterrence -- Chapter 28: The McNamara Legacy -- Chapter 29: SALT, Parity and the Critique of MAD -- Chapter 30: Actions and Reactions -- Chapter 31: Selective Options -- Chapter 32: ICBM Vulnerability -- Chapter 33: The Rise of Anti-Nuclear Protest -- Chapter 34: Strategic Defences -- Chapter 35: Soviet Doctrine from Brezhnev to Gorbachev -- Chapter 36: The End of the Cold War -- Chapter 37: Mutual Assured Safety -- Chapter 38: Elimination or Marginalization -- Chapter 39: The Second Nuclear Age -- Chapter 40: The Nuclear War on Terror -- Chapter 41: Proliferation: The Middle East and the Pacific -- Chapter 42: The Return of Great Power Politics -- Chapter 43: Primacy and Maximum Deterrence..
