{"product_id":"star-spangled-security-9780815734130","title":"Star Spangled Security","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarold Brown served as U.S. secretary of defense when the Soviet Union posed an existential threat with superior conventional force capability and a daunting nuclear weapons arsenal. No one could have been better suited to deter the Soviets during that most dangerous period in the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA physicist, Brown had previously led Livermore Laboratory and its development of the Polaris missile warhead. By age 33 he was director of Defense Research and Engineering, and he later served as secretary of the U.S. Air Force early in the Vietnam War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Carter administration, Brown reinvigorated the NATO alliance, promoted AWACs, increased U.S. conventional force capabilities, and developed a new generation of nuclear weapons and delivery systems. As a senior negotiator of SALT II, he also helped set their limits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrown was the first American secretary of defense to visit China; as principal interlocutor he forged military-to-military relations. During his tenure, t\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038498488663,"sku":"9780815734130","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780815734130.jpg?v=1750940468","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/star-spangled-security-9780815734130","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}