LEADER 00000cam a22008298i 4500 001 ocn973222720 003 OCoLC 005 20190704070403.5 006 m o d 007 cr ||||||||||| 008 170218t20172017gau o 000 0deng 010 2017008142 019 981809315|a982097524|a982150419|a982240891 020 9780997896534|q(electronic bk.) 020 0997896531|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)973222720|z(OCoLC)981809315|z(OCoLC)982097524 |z(OCoLC)982150419|z(OCoLC)982240891 040 DLC|beng|erda|epn|cDLC|dN$T|dYDX|dOCLCQ|dCUS|dAGLDB|dIGB |dCN8ML|dSNK|dINTCL|dMHW|dBTN|dAUW|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dVTS |dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dJBG|dD6H|dG3B|dS8I|dS8J|dS9I|dOCLCQ|dSTF 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 049 CKEA 050 10 UA23 066 |cZsym 082 00 355.02/170973|223 100 1 Johnstone, Paul H.|q(Paul Howard),|d1903-1981,|eauthor. 245 10 From MAD to madness :|binside Pentagon nuclear war planning : memoir /|cby Paul H. Johnstone : introduction and commentary by Diana Johnstone. 246 3 Inside Pentagon nuclear war planning, a memoir 246 30 Inside Pentagon nuclear war planning : memoir 263 1712 264 1 Atlanta, GA :|bClarity Press, Incorporated,|c[2017] 264 4 |c©2017 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bn|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bnc|2rdacarrier 347 data file|2rda 505 0 Introduction / by Diana Johnstone -- Part 1. The spirit of the times -- The fog of war planning -- Memoirs of a humanist in the Pentagon / by Paul H. Johnstone -- Foreword: what this is all about -- The world of target planning -- Air targets intelligence -- Air targets doctrine -- Economic war potential doctrine applied to occupation policies -- Some problems and methods -- Playing games with nuclear war -- The Cold War atmosphere -- Games and bonuses -- The rise of fear -- Part 2. Imagining doomsday -- The fallout study -- The "humane alternative" -- The civilian morale study -- The strategic weapons study -- The tenor of the times -- The command and control dilemma -- Exploring "implications" -- Part 3. The critical incident studies -- The Laos crisis -- The Berlin Crisis -- Postface: Doomsday postponed / by Diana Johnstone. 520 "This deathbed memoir by Dr. Paul H. Johnstone, former senior analyst in the Strategic Weapons Evaluation Group (WSEG) in the Pentagon and a co-author of The Pentagon Papers, provides an authoritative analysis of the implications of nuclear war that remain insurmountable today. Indeed, such research has been kept largely secret, with the intention "not to alarm the public" about what was being cooked up. This is the story of how U.S. strategic planners in the 1950s and 1960s worked their way to the conclusion that nuclear war was unthinkable. It drives home these key understandings: - That whichever way you look at it -- and this book shows the many ways analysts tried to skirt the problem -- nuclear war means mutual destruction - That Pentagon planners could accept the possibility of totally destroying another nation, while taking massive destructive losses ourselves, and still conclude that "we would prevail"--That the supposedly "scientific answers" provided to a wide range of unanswerable questions are of highly dubious standing. - That official spheres neglect anything near a comparable effort to understand the "enemy" point of view, rather than to annihilate him, or to use such understanding to make peace. Dr. Johnstone's memoirs of twenty years in the Pentagon tell that story succinctly, coolly and objectively. While remaining highly secret - so much so that Dr. Johnstone himself was denied access to what he had written - these studies had a major impact on official policy. They contributed to a shift from the notion that the United States could inflict "massive retaliation" on its Soviet enemy to recognition that a nuclear exchange would bring about Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD). The alarming truth today is that these lessons seem to have been forgotten."--Provided by publisher. 588 0 Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. 600 10 Johnstone, Paul H.|q(Paul Howard),|d1903-1981. 600 17 Johnstone, Paul H.|q(Paul Howard),|d1903-1981.|2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01992094 610 10 United States.|bDepartment of Defense.|bWeapons Systems Evaluation Group|xHistory. 610 17 United States.|bDepartment of Defense.|bWeapons Systems Evaluation Group.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst02000175 611 27 Cold War (1945-1989)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01754978 648 7 1900-1999|2fast 650 0 Nuclear warfare|xGovernment policy|zUnited States|xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Military planning|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 Nuclear weapons|xGovernment policy|zUnited States|xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Strategic forces|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 Deterrence (Strategy)|xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 Cold War. 650 7 HISTORY|xMilitary|xOther.|2bisacsh 650 7 TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING|xMilitary Science.|2bisacsh 650 7 Deterrence (Strategy)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00891658 650 7 Employees.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00909111 650 7 Military planning.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01021370 650 7 Military policy.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01021386 650 7 Nuclear warfare|xGovernment policy.|2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01040929 650 7 Nuclear weapons|xGovernment policy.|2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01040980 650 7 Strategic forces.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01134356 651 0 United States|xMilitary policy|xHistory|y20th century. 651 0 United States|xOfficials and employees|vBiography. 651 7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 Biography.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 Johnstone, Diana,|d1934-|eauthor. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aJohnstone, Paul H. 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