Emergency War Plan

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Sean M. Maloney is a professor of history at the Royal Military College of Canada and served as the Canadian Army’s historian for the war in Afghanistan from 2003 to 2014. He is the author of several books, including Learning to Love the Bomb: Canada’s Nuclear Weapons during the Cold War (Potomac Books, 2007) and Deconstructing Dr. Strangelove: The Secret History of Nuclear War Films (Potomac Books, 2020).

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Using strategic plans, intelligence analysis, and other materials that have only recently been declassified, *Emergency War Pla*n examines the theory and practice of nuclear deterrence during the 1945–1960 period of the Cold War.

Résumé
Emergency War Plan examines the theory and practice of nuclear deterrence and its emergence during the Cold War using military nuclear war strategies and plans that have only become declassified recently.

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List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction

1. Kami no itte: Nuclear Targeting and Japan, 1945
2. Per Ardua ad Atomica: Ur-Nuclear Targeting, 1946–49
3. Imminence of War I: Targeting the Soviet Union, 1950–53
4. Imminence of War II: Targeting Europe and the Far East, 1950–53
5. Four Horsemen I: Targeting the Soviet Union, 1954–56
6. Four Horsemen II: Targeting Europe and the Far East, 1954–56
7. Increasing the Deterrent Margin: Strategic Air Command and the Soviet Union, 1956–58
8. Prosteishiy Sputnik: Midcourse Corrections, 1957–59
9. Coming Together: The Basic War Plan, 1958–60
10. Megadeath Musings: Alternative Undertaking and Deterrence, 1958–60
11. The Acme of Skill: The Basic War Plan, the General Emergency Operations Plan, and the Far East, 1957–60
    Conclusion
    Appendix A: SAC Emergency War Plan 1-49 and 1-51 Targets
    Appendix B: Soviet Cities and Population, 1960 Estimates
    Notes
    Bibliography
    Index