Soviet bomb testing and, here
Soviet ground strength estimates, here
war planning, here, here, here, here
Western Europe, defense of, here, here
Western European allies, deaths among, here, here, here
Navy, U.S. See also submarine-launched missiles
atomic bombings and, here
attacked at Pearl Harbor, here
Cuban missile crisis and, here, here
delegation of authority and, here, here
general war and, here, here
missile budgeting, here
nuclear weapons carried by, here
nuclear weapons in Japanese waters and, here, here, here, here, here, here
Soviet ICBM estimates, here, here, here, here
Soviet strategic capability and, here
two-man rule and, here
war fighting strategy and, here, here
weapons on ships in Japanese ports, here
Nazis and Nazism
atomic weapon development and, here, here, here
attacks on Russia, here
blitzkrieg attack on France, here
bombing of London, here, here
Communism equated with, here
fear of crash bomb program by, here
fear of slavery by, here
Guernica bombing and, here
imitation of terror bombing by, here
propaganda, here, here, here
Roosevelt’s appeal and, here, here
Neustadt, Richard, here
neutron bomb (N-bomb), here, here, here. See also H-bombs
Nevada, bomb testing in, here
New Look doctrine, here, here
New Mexico, here, here, here
NFU. See no-first-use (NFU) policy
NIEs. See National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs)
Nietzsche, Friedrich, here
night bombing, here
Nimitz, Chester, here
Nimitz, Nancy, here
Nitze, Paul
Berlin crisis and, here, here
BNSP draft and, here, here
Cuban missile crisis and, here, here, here, here, here, here
Ellsberg’s advice to, here
possible treaty violation with Japan and, here, here, here, here
U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey for the Pacific War, here
Nixon, Richard
criminal conduct by, here
delegation of authority and, here
Kissinger named by, here
Madman Theory, here, here, here, here, here, here
nuclear war planning and, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
risks accepted by, here
NNWS. See non-nuclear-armed state (NNWS)
no cities approach, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
no evasive action, here
no-first-use (NFU) policy, here, here, here, here, here
non-nuclear-armed state (NNWS), here, here, here
non-nuclear conflicts, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
NORAD. See North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
Norden bombsight, here, here, here
Norstad, Lauris, here, here, here, here
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), here, here, here, here, here
North Korea
all options and, here
Dead Hand-like system likely in, here, here
Eisenhower’s threat to, here
no first-use policy and, here
nuclear weapons dangers and, here
as terrorist nation, here
totalitarianism, here
U.S. nuclear threats against, here, here, here
weapons at Kunsan and, here
North Korean nuclear crisis, here
North Vietnam, here, here, here
NSC. See National Security Council (NSC)
nuclear accidents, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
nuclear arms race, here, here
nuclear disarmament and abolition, here, here, here, here
nuclear famine, here, here, here, here
nuclear fission, here, here, here, here. See also fission bomb
nuclear fusion, here, here, here, here. See also thermonuclear weapons
nuclear option, here, here, here, here
nuclear policy, resistance and understanding, here, here
nuclear reactors, here, here, here
nuclear scarcity and nuclear plenty, here
nuclear war. See also thermonuclear war
change in meaning of, here
climatic consequences of, here
command and control preservation goal, here
deterrence goal, here, here
distrust of civilian readiness to initiate, here, here
unreliability of communications in, here
nuclear war planning, U.S. See also Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan (JSCP)
CINCPAC, here
current, here, here
deaths predicted, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
documents detailing, here, here, here
Ellsberg and, here, here, here, here
under Nixon, here, here
RAND’s goals, here
SAC and, here
shows of nuclear force and, here
under Truman, here
nuclear weapons. See also atomic bombs and attacks; strategic nuclear weapons; tactical nuclear weapons; thermonuclear weapons
abolition of, here, here, here
changes in number and nature of, here, here
cities bombed by, here
demonstration shots, here
described as conventional, here
lack of physical controls on, here, here, here, here, here, here
secretly held in Japan, here, here, here
nuclear weapons-states (NWS), here, here, here, here, here, here, here
nuclear winter, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
NWS. See nuclear weapons-states (NWS)
Obama, Barack
climatic consequences of nuclear war and, here
hard-target-kill capability of SLBMs under, here
Iran nuclear deal, here
modernization program for strategic nuclear weapons and, here, here
National Defense Authorization Act signed by, here, here, here, here, here
no-first-use policy and, here, here
nuclear option and, here, here, here
October group, here
Office of Naval Research (ONR), here
Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), here, here, here, here, here
Ogburn, William F., here
Okinawa, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
omnicide, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
one-point safe weapons, here, here
ONR. See Office of Naval Research (ONR)
On Thermonuclear War (Kahn), here, here, here
Operation Clarion, here
Operation Desert Storm, here
Operation Gomorrah, here
Oppenheimer, Robert
atmospheric ignition and, here
estimation of Japanese deaths, here
GAC and, here, here, here, here, here
on H-bomb power, here, here
Teller shunted aside by, here
Orlov, Vadim, here
Osan Air Base, here, here, here
Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), here, here, here
Pacific Command (PACOM), here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Pakistan, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
PALs. See Permissive Action Links (PALs)
Partridge, Earle E., here
Passchendaele campaign, here
Patterson, Bradley, here, here
Paul, Ron, here
Pearl Harbor atta
ck, here, here, here
Peirse, Richard, here
Pentagon
BMEWS incident and, here
Cuban missile crisis and, here, here, here
Ellsberg’s work for, here, here, here
nuclear war planning for Sino-Soviet bloc and, here, here, here, here
Pentagon Papers
copying and release of, here, here, here, here, here, here
distribution and publication of, here, here, here, here
Ellsberg’s indictment and trial over, here, here
Percy, Chuck, here
Perimeter system (Dead Hand), here, here, here, here
Permissive Action Links (PALs), here, here
Perry, William, here, here, here
Persian Gulf, here, here, here
Peterson, Pete, here
Philippines, here
pickle-barrel bombing, here, here
Plesetsk missile site, here, here, here, here
Pliyev, Isa, here
plutonium and plutonium bombs, here, here, here, here, here
Poland, here, here, here
Polaris submarines and missiles, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Politics and Force Levels (Ball), here
Portal, Charles, here
positive control process, here, here, here
Potsdam Conference, here
Potsdam Declaration, here
Powell, Jody, here, here
Power, Thomas (General)
BNSP draft and, here
fire raid over Tokyo and, here
interview with Ulam reported by, here
Minuteman ICBMs and, here
missile gap and, here
SAC alert level change and, here
SecDef Guidance and, here
SIOP briefing and, here, here, here, here
Soviet Union attack response and, here
U-2 in Soviet Air Space, here
Powers, Gary, here, here
precision bombing, here, here, here, here
preemption or preemptive attack, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
presidential control of nuclear war decision, here, here, here, here, here. See also delegation of authority
“President’s Eyes Only” document, here, here
Project RAND, 22–34
Project Retro, here
proliferation, here, here
Putin, Vladimir, here, here, here
Q clearance, here
Quemoy crises (1954 and 1958), here, here, here, here, here, here
Rabi, I. I., here, here, here
Rabinowitch, Eugene, here
Radford, Arthur W., here
RAF. See Royal Air Force (RAF)
RAND Corporation
command and control document, here
death estimates by, here
Ellsberg’s work at, here, here, here, here, here
focus on deterrence of Soviet attack (1958), here, here, here, here
general war plans and, here, here
intelligence and, here, here
nuclear weapons kept in Japanese waters and, here, here
Project Retro and, here
sabotage possibility studies, here
simulation war games at, here
strategic bombing and, here
sub-delegation of authority and, here
in summer of 1958, here, here, here, here, here
Top Secret briefing and memorandum, here, here
vulnerability studies, here, here, here, here
war fighting/counterforce strategy and, here, here, here
war terminating strategy and, here
Randolph, USS, here
Reagan, Ronald
Carter Doctrine and, here
limited nuclear options and, here
major attack options offered to, here
nuclear threats by, here, here
nuclear war planning under, here, here, here, here
return order confusion, here
scientific studies of nuclear war results and, here, here
shooting of, here
Red Alert (George), here
red wind (akakaze), here
Reflections on Fame and Some Famous Men (Rubel), here
Regensburg, Germany, here, here
Reischauer, Edwin, here
Reorganization Act (1958), here
reserve forces, preservation of, here, here, here, here, here, here
Return orders, here, here, here, here, here
Reuther, Walter, here
Reykjavik Summit, here
Rhodes, Richard, here
The Road to Total War (Sallagar), here
Robock, Alan, here
Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Production Facility, here, here, here
Romney, Mitt, here
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
appeal by, here, here, here, here, here
atmospheric ignition and, here
bombing of civilians and, here, here, here
at Casablanca Conference, here
Einstein’s letter to, here
Rostow, Walt, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Rotblat, Joseph, here, here, here
Rotterdam, Netherlands, here
Rowe, Hartley, here
Rowen, Harry
BNSP draft and, here, here, here, here
counterforce strategy and, here, here
Cuban missile crisis and, here, here, here, here
delegation of authority and, here
discussion group on responses to strategic threat and, here
Dr. Strangelove and, here
Ellsberg’s questions to JCS and, here
JSCP and, here
NIEs and, here, here
possible treaty violation with Japan and, here, here
RAND study R-290, here
U.S. initiation of nuclear war and, here, here
Royal Air Force (RAF), here, here, here, here, here, here. See also Bomber Command, RAF
Rubel, John H., here, here, here, here, here
Rumsfeld, Donald, here, here
Rush, Myron, here
Rusk, Dean, here, 394n338
Russia. See also Moscow, Russia; Soviet Union
climatic consequences of nuclear war and, here
delegation of authority and, here
Doomsday Machine of, here, here
enslavement by Nazis and, here
F-100s targeted on, here
Hitler’s successes in, here
ICBMs, here
land-based missile force, here
LeMay and, here
level of destruction in WWII, here
nuclear targets in, here, here, here
nuclear weapons aimed at, here
strategic bombing and, here
as terrorist nation, here
U.S. destructive capacity imitated by, here
U.S. nuclear war planning and, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Russo, Tony, here, here
SAC. See Strategic Air Command (SAC)
Sakharov, Andrei, here
Sallagar, Fred (Fritz), here, here, here, here
SAMs. See surface-to air missiles (SAMs)
San Joaquin County, USS, here, here, here, here
SAPs. See special access programs (SAPs)
satellites, here
Savannah River Site, here
Savitsky (commander on Soviet submarine), here
Schelling, Tom, here
Schemmer, Benjamin F., here
Schlosser, Eric, here, here
Schmidt, Rudolf, here
Schrag, Peter, here
Schriever, Bernie, here
Schweinfurt, Germany, here
SCI. See sensitive compartmented information (SCI)
second-strike capability, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
secretary of defense, here, here, here, here, here, here, here. See also Gates, Thomas; McNamara, Robert
Secretary of Defense Guidance on War Planning, here, here, here, here
self-assured destruction, here
sensitive compartmented information (SCI), here, here
September 11, 2001, here
Serber, Robert, here
Seventh Fleet, here, here, here, here, here, here
Sheehan, Neil, here
Shepard, Tazewell, Jr., here, here
Sherman, William T., here
Sherrod, Robert, here
Sherry, Michael, here
Shoup, David M., here
show of force, here, here
Shumkov, Nicolai, here
Siberia, here
silo-based land missiles, here, here, here, here, here
Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP), here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
SIOP-62, here, here, here, here, here
Sino-Soviet bloc
casualty estimates for, here, here
general war objective and, here
planned attacks on, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Slaughterhouse-Five (Vonnegut), here
SLBMs. See submarine-launched missiles (SLBMs)
Sloss, Leon, here
Smith, Cyril, here
Smith, Hedrick, here
smoke, nuclear attacks and, here, here, here
Snowden, Edward, here
Somerville, John, here
Sorensen, Theodore, here, here
South Africa, here
South Korea, here
South Vietnam, here
Soviet Union. See also Russia; Sino-Soviet bloc
atomic bomb tests, here, here
atomic weapons used on Japan and, here
Berlin crisis and, here
Britain and, in WWII, here
central and local war definitions and, here
China and, here, here, here, here
command and control preservation, here, here
Cuban missile crisis and, here, here, here, here, here, here
deaths predicted for, in general war, here, here
delegation of authority and, here
dissolution of, here
first strike capability of, here, here, here
French independent nuclear force and, here
General War definition and planning and, here, here, here, here, here
ICBMs, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Iran and, here, here
IRBMs, here
N-bomb and, here
NFU commitment, here
nuclear war planning, here, here
nuclear weapons in Japanese harbors and, here
Persian Gulf and, here
SAC alerts and, here, here
second strike capability of, here
SIOP presentation and, here
SLBMs, here
submarine attacks by, here
thermonuclear weapons tests, here
totalitarianism, here
U.S decapitation plans for, here, here
U.S. focus on deterrence of attack by, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here