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58. Baldwin, “Standard Rifle Far Off,” p. 17.
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59. Ezell, Lightweight Rifle, p. 222.
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60. Ibid., pp. 216–37.
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61. National Security Council, “Basic National Security Policy,” NSC 162/2, October 30, 1953.
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62. H. S. Wolk, “The ‘New Look,’ ” Air Force Magazine 86, no. 8 (August 2003), pp. 80–83. In a classic case of just missing the boat, by 1955 Massive Retaliation was so widely known that Hollywood made a not-bad movie, Strategic Air Command, starring Jimmy Stewart as the heroic pilot of a B-36 nuclear bomber who gets to fly a brand-new B-47 Stratojet. The movie appeared more than a year after Massive Retaliation’s zenith of popularity.
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63. J.L. Gaddis, “The Unexpected John Foster Dulles: Nuclear Weapons, Communism, and the Russians,” in R. H. Immerman, ed., John Foster Dulles and the Diplomacy of the Cold War (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1990), pp. 47–78. See also his cautious article, “Policy for Security and Peace,” Foreign Affairs 32 (April 1954), pp. 353–64.
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64. “Chief of Staff,” Time, July 28, 1961.
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65. M. D. Taylor, Swords and Plowshares (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1972), p. 166.
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66. See R. H. Cole et al., The Chairmanship of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Washington, D.C.: Joint History Office, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1995), pp. 52–53.
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67. D. Van Ee, “From the New Look to Flexible Response, 1953–1964,” in K.J. Hagan and W. R. Roberts, eds., Against All Enemies: Interpretations of American Military History from Colonial Times to the Present (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1986), p. 331.
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68. Kahaner, AK-47, pp. 27–28.
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69. Hallahan, Misfire, p. 462.
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70. “Rifle to Replace Four Army Weapons,” New York Times, May 2, 1957, p. 15; Canfield, “M14,” p. 53.
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71. Cole et al., Joint Chiefs of Staff, pp. 12, 18.
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72. “Chief of Staff,” Time.
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73. Van Ee, “From the New Look to Flexible Response,” pp. 334–37. On the creation of Special Group Counterinsurgency, see Taylor, Swords and Plowshares, pp. 200–201.
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74. M. James, “New Small Arms Shown by Army,” New York Times, August 15, 1957, p. 2.
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75. Canfield, “M14,” p. 54.
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76. Ripley’s remark is quoted (uncritically) in “The Small Arms of Our Armies,” San Francisco Bulletin, May 30, 1862, p. 2.
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77. Ezell, Lightweight Rifle, pp. 246–54. On the weight of a typical production package, see W. J. Howe and E. H. Harrison, “The Modern Springfield Armory,” American Rifleman 107, no. 9 (September 1959), p. 22.The timing of this highly favorable article is illuminating: it was printed in the NRA’s house journal at the height of the M14 production imbroglio. Colonel Harrison, the coauthor, was a retired Ordnance man.
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78. “Mass Output Is Set on New Army Rifle,” New York Times, September 6, 1958, p. 8.
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79. J. G. Norris, “Probers Hear Red Tape Slows Arms Progress,” Washington Post, April 18, 1960, p. 1.
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80. On Springfield’s “farming out,” see J. S. Hatcher, The Book of the Garand (1948; reprint Highland Park, N.J.: Gun Room Press, 2000), p. 118.
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81. See Table 8, “Bids Submitted by Prospective Producers of the M14 Rifle, 1958,” in Ezell, Lightweight Rifle, p. 255.
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82. Table 9, “Procurement Orders for the M14 Rifle,” and Table 10, “Production Prices for the M14 Rifle by Producer,” in Ezell, Lightweight Rifle, p. 269. J. G. Norris, “Rifle Production Rising but Army Funds