The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy: New, Updated and Completely Revised

Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii
 The Arrival of the Bomb  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 1-15
 The Strategy of Hiroshima  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 17-33
 Offence and Defence  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 35-50
 Aggression and Retaliation  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 51-63
 Strategy for an Atomic Monopoly  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 65-82
 Strategy for an Atomic Stalemate  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 83-101
 Massive Retaliation  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 103-120
 Limited Objectives  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 121-133
 Limited Means  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 135-153
 The Importance of Being First  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 155-168
 Sputnik and the Soviet Threat  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 169-178
 Soviet Strategy After Stalin  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 179-192
 The Technological Arms Race  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 193-211
 New Sources of Strategy  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 213-230
 The Strategy of Stable Conflict  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 231-242
 Disarmament to Arms Control  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 243-257
 Operational Nuclear Strategy  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 259-277
 Khrushchev’s Second-Best Deterrent  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 279-289
 Defending Europe  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 291-300
 No Cities  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 301-318
 Assured Destruction  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 319-332
 Britain’s ‘Independent’ Nuclear Deterrent  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 333-346
 France and the Credibility of Nuclear Guarantees  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 347-359
 A NATO Nuclear Force  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 361-377
 The Unthinkable Weapon  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 379-388
 China’s Paper Tiger  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 389-401
 The Soviet Approach to Deterrence  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 403-416
 The McNamara Legacy  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 417-427
 SALT, Parity and the Critique of MAD  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 429-446
 Actions and Reactions  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 447-458
 Selective Options  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 459-482
 ICBM Vulnerability  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 483-494
 The Rise of Anti-Nuclear Protest  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 495-516
 Strategic Defences  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 517-525
 Soviet Doctrine from Brezhnev to Gorbachev  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 527-542
 The End of the Cold War  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 543-551
 Mutual Assured Safety  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 553-566
 Elimination or Marginalization  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 567-578
 The Second Nuclear Age  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 579-597
 The Nuclear War on Terror  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 599-610
 Proliferation: The Middle East and the Pacific  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 611-629
 The Return of Great Power Politics  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 631-648
 Primacy and Maximum Deterrence  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 649-663
 Can There Be a Nuclear Strategy?  (Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels)....Pages 665-678
Back Matter ....Pages 679-786