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The author examines in detail the organization of the U.S. intelligence community, its attempts to monitor and predict the development of Soviet forces from the early days of the cold war, and how these attempts affected American policy and weapons production.

Originally published in 1987.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
  2. p. vii
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  1. List of Tables and Figures
  2. p. ix
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  1. Foreword to the Second Edition
  2. pp. x-xxviii
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  1. Acknowledgements
  2. pp. xxxviii-xxix
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  1. Sources
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  1. Abbreviations
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  1. I Introduction
  2. pp. 1-7
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  1. 2 The IntelligenceCommunity
  2. pp. 8-29
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  1. 3 The Estimating ProcessT H
  2. pp. 30-61
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  1. 4 The Missile Gap
  2. pp. 62-80
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  1. 5 Greater-Than-ExpectedThreats
  2. pp. 81-96
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  1. 6 An Invulnerable Deterrent
  2. pp. 97-117
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  1. 7 The Sentinel Decision
  2. pp. 118-128
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  1. 8 The Nixon Administration:Protecting MinutemanThrough Safeguard
  2. pp. 129-152
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  1. 9 Protecting MinutemanThrough SALT
  2. pp. 153-168
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  1. 10 Preparing for the Threat:1972-6
  2. pp. 169-182
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  1. 11 US Intelligence and theSoviet Strategic Threat
  2. pp. 183-198
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 199-218
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  1. Bibliography
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  1. Index
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