Strategy and Nuclear Deterrence

This book of selections from the distinguished journal International Security speaks to the most important question of our age: the deterrence of nuclear war. Originally published in 1985. The **Princeton Legacy Library** uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. This book of selections from the distinguished journal International Security speaks to the most important question of our age: the deterrence of nuclear war. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 Contents The Contributors Preface DETERRENCE AND DETERRENCE FAILURE The Development of Nuclear Strategy Nuclear Strategy: A Case for a Theory of Victory Deterrence and Perception Inadvertent Nuclear War ? THE EVOLUTION OI AMERICAN STRATEGY The Origins of Overkill U.S. Strategic Nuclear Concepts in the 1970s U.S. Strategic Forces The Countervailing Strategy THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS The Political Potential of Equivalence The Political Utility of Nuclear Weapons