Massive Retaliation: A Declassified Documentary History of American Military Plans for Nuclear War 1950-1985

A collection of declassified documents detailing America’s plans for nuclear warfare during the Cold War. From the first Operation Offtackle in 1950 to the SIOP-5 in 1985, these documents reveal the US strategy and tactics for either attacking the Soviet Union with nuclear weapons, or surviving a Russian attack and retaliating. A fascinating look at a world war that was never fought. Illustrated.