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Brief: MacKenzie, Inventing Accuracy

Donald A. Mackenzie, Inventing Accuracy: An Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance (Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1990)
 MacKenzie uses guidance systems for ICBMs as a window into Cold War politics, defense planning, and nuclear strategy.  He argues that the quest for more accurate missiles reflected a shift in strategy from MAD to counterforce targetting.  The development […]

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