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008			161006s2016 maua ob 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9780674973053 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aUA10 _b.C653 2016
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aRobin, Ron Theodore, _e1
245	1	0	_aThe cold world they made : _bthe strategic legacy of Roberta and Albert Wohlstetter / _cRon Robin.
260			_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c(c)2016.
300			_a1 online resource (vi, 365 pages) : _billustrations.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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520	0		_aIn the heady days of the Cold War, when the Bomb loomed large in the ruminations of Washington's wise men, policy intellectuals flocked to the home of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter to discuss deterrence and doomsday. The Cold World They Made takes a fresh look at the original power couple of strategic studies. Seeking to unravel the complex tapestry of the Wohlstetters' world and worldview, Ron Robin reveals fascinating insights into an unlikely husband-and-wife pair who, at the height of the most dangerous military standoff in history, gained access to the deepest corridors of American power. The author of such classic Cold War treatises as "The Delicate Balance of Terror," Albert Wohlstetter is remembered for advocating an aggressive brinksmanship that stood in stark contrast with what he saw as weak and indecisive policies of Soviet containment. Yet Albert's ideas built crucially on insights gleaned from his wife. Robin makes a strong case for the Wohlstetters as a team of intellectual equals, showing how Roberta's scholarship was foundational to what became known as the Wohlstetter Doctrine. Together at RAND Corporation, Albert and Roberta crafted a mesmerizing vision of the Soviet threat, theorizing ways for the United States to emerge victorious in a thermonuclear exchange. Far from dwindling into irrelevance after the Cold War, the torch of the Wohlstetters' intellectual legacy was kept alive by well-placed disciples in George W. Bush's administration. Through their ideological heirs, the Wohlstetters' signature combination of brilliance and hubris continues to shape American policies.-- _cProvided by publisher
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505	0	0	_aPart I. The Wohlstetters' cold world -- _tThe Wohlstetter partnership: the early years -- _tRoberta Wohlstetter: the uncertainties of surprise -- _t"In dubious battle" : the Rand years -- _tHe is but mad North-North-west": Albert and his critics -- _tCastrophobia and the free market: the Wohlstetters' moral economy -- _tDiscriminate interventionism: the Wohlstetters in a multipolar world -- _tSlow Pearl Harbors: fear and loathing of Glasnost -- _t"Do not go gentle into that good night": Albert Wohlstetter after the Cold War -- _tPart II. The Wohlstetter legacy in the post-Cold War era -- _tPaul Wolfowitz: Fin de Siècle all over again -- _tZalmay Khalilzad: the Orientalist -- _tRichard Perle: prejudice as a cultural weapon -- _tEpilogue: the Hamlet of nations?.
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600	1	0	_aWohlstetter, Albert.
600	1	0	_aWohlstetter, Roberta.
650		0	_aNational security _zUnited States.
650		0	_aCold War _xInfluence.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1364273&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell