Böcker av Brent D. Ziarnick

This book uses the 21st Century Foundations series format to re-introduce to the military community the writings of General Thomas S. Power, the third Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Air Command (SAC). His unappreciated works contain many insights into military topics such as technology and the arms race, the nature of deterrence, and the military utility of space. Unifying all of these writings was Power's quest to maintain nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union. Although Power is considered a quintessential Cold Warrior, his ideas are timely considering today's challenges of re-energizing the morale and technology of U.S. strategic forces in the wake of foreign advances, discerning what deterrence means in the "e;Second Nuclear Age,"e; and planning the future of space and cyber power.

Fills a critical gap in Cold War and Air Force history by telling the story of General Thomas S. Power for the first time. Brent Ziarnick covers the span of both Power's personal and professional life and challenges many of the myths of conventional knowledge about him.