S.I.O.P.; The Secret U.S. Plan for Nuclear War
by Pringle, Peter, and Arkin, William
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393017982
- ISBN 13
- 9780393017984
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1983. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Good. 287 pages. Glossary. Acronyms. Notes and Bibliography. Index. , slight soiling to fore-edge, DJ edges slightly soiled and worn. Name in ink inside front cover. Peter Pringle was born in England June 28, 1940. Oxford University (B.A. Hons). Fellow of the Linnean Society of London. For thirty years he was a foreign correspondent for The Sunday Times, The Observer and The Independent, working in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the former Soviet Union and the United States. He has also written for several U.S. newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The New Republic and The Nation. Books: He is the author and co-author of several books on science and current affairs including: Insight on the Middle East War; The Nuclear Barons; S.I.O.P.; Chernobyl; Cornered: Big Tobacco at the Bar of Justice. He was a contributor to Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know. This is the first comprehensive look at the plan (Single Integrated Operating Plan, or S.I.O.P.) the United States has had since 1960 to wage nuclear war on Russia. How was it put together? Who decides what targets to hit and why? When and where would it be put into action? Using recently declassified documents and interviews with government officials and military planners, the authors have pieced together an absorbing history of the Pentagon's most secret war plan. "Peter Pringle and William Arkin have written a hair-raising book about an aspect of U.S. war planning that so far has escaped popular attention. If we were to stop everything we are doing and debate the life-and-death issues raised by this book, we would be making the best possible use of out time." -Norman Cousins.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31251
- Title
- S.I.O.P.; The Secret U.S. Plan for Nuclear War
- Author
- Pringle, Peter, and Arkin, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]
- ISBN 10
- 0393017982
- ISBN 13
- 9780393017984
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Nuclear Weapons, Cold War, Operations Plan, Deterrence, Curtis LeMay, SIOP, S.I.O.P., Command and Control, Strategic Air Comm., Nuclear Warfare
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