January/February 2003
Volume 59, No. 1, pp. 28-37, 72-73
Nixon's nuclear ploy
By William Burr & Jeffrey Kimball
Richard Nixon thought a secret, worldwide nuclear alert would remain unknown to the American public, and he was right. But his strategy-to threaten the Soviets into helping bring an end to the Vietnam war-was unsuccessful. They may not even have noticed.
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