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Ford 1985

Citation

Ford, Daniel F. The Button: The Pentagon’s Strategic Command and Control System. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985.

Commentary

Topics

Early warning systems | Nuclear football | Nuclear war plans | Presidential nuclear control | Soviet Union | United States of America

Bibliography entry started by Alex Wellerstein on May 16, 2018. Entry last updated by Mikael Kelly on November 16, 2018.

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