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Womack, Seth M. |
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Atomic Army: the roles of the U.S. Army in America's nuclear endeavors |
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Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School |
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This thesis examines the roles of the U.S. Army in America’s nuclear undertakings. Since 1942, when the Army took responsibility for managing the Manhattan Project, the Army has made many important contributions to America’s nuclear endeavors. Its earliest nuclear roles included developing and employing America’s first nuclear weapons, executing nuclear counterproliferation missions, investigating the effects of nuclear weapons, and supervising the U.S. atomic energy program. Although the Army’s nuclear responsibilities were altered during the early years of the Cold War, it continued to participate in America’s nuclear efforts. The Army’s Cold War nuclear roles included deploying tactical nuclear weapons, participating in nuclear weapons tests, developing doctrine and reorganizing the Army’s units in preparation for a nuclear war, managing a nuclear power program, contributing to the debate on national strategy, and helping to reassure U.S. allies and prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Today, the Army continues to make important contributions to the nation’s nuclear endeavors, notably in preparedness for attack forensics and consequence management. U.S. strategic planners must understand the several nuclear functions that the Army has performed throughout history in order to appreciate more fully the relevance of the Army’s current nuclear capacities. Subjects: Army; atomic; nuclear; nuclear weapon; Manhattan Project; Manhattan Engineer District; Special Engineer Detachment; Atomic Bomb Investigating Group; Leslie Groves; M65; AFAP; Honest John; Redstone; Jupiter; Lacrosse; Lance; Pershing; Nike Hercules; Spartan; Sprint; ADM; Atomic Demolition Munition; Davy Crockett; FA52; counterproliferation; USANCA; WMD; CBRNE; BMD; AFSWP; Armed Forces Special Weapons Project; Army Nuclear Power Program; ANPP; nuclear forensics; nuclear disablement team; Pentomic; nuclear employment augmentation team |
Language | English |
Publication date | September 2014 |
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IA Collections: navalpostgraduateschoollibrary; fedlink |
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Short title | Atomic Army: the roles of the U.S. Army in America's nuclear endeavors |
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Author | Womack, Seth M. |
Software used | Womack, Seth M. |
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Page size | 612 x 792 pts (letter) |
Version of PDF format | 1.4 |