ABSTRACT

Balanced and comprehensive in approach, this text assembles classic statements on nuclear strategy and arms control made by Soviet and U.S. policymakers, military thinkers, and opinion leaders during the last forty years. Major Soviet statements, rarely appearing in translation, reflect the disagreement over whether "victory" or "parity" is the goa

part One|100 pages

The Development of U.S. Nuclear Strategy

chapter Chapter 1|18 pages

The Early Years: 1946–1953

chapter Chapter 2|37 pages

The Years of Plenty: 1954–1973

chapter Chapter 3|43 pages

The Effects of Vulnerability and Parity

part Two|46 pages

The Two Faces of Soviet Nuclear Strategy

chapter Chapter 4|44 pages

Victory and Parity

part Three|21 pages

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Controversies

chapter Chapter 5|19 pages

Europe and Asia

part Four|55 pages

Arms Control

chapter Chapter 6|21 pages

The Process

chapter Chapter 7|32 pages

The Agreements

part Five|31 pages

Morality and Nuclear Weapons

part Six|73 pages

Strategy and Arms Control in the Future

chapter Chapter 9|29 pages

Strategy

chapter Chapter 10|32 pages

Arms Control