Strategic Air Command Expansion and Cold War Deterrence Doctrine

An Air Force general who commanded non-discriminatory bombing against Japan during World War II and made US nuclear strategy absolute as commander of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War. Known for his thorough pragmatism and ruthless tactics of "completely destroying the enemy," he promoted Soviet containment through overwhelming nuclear deterrence. A monster of the Cold War who exerted immense influence on modern military doctrine as a representative hawk, strongly advocating to President Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis for a preemptive strike on the Soviet Union.

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