The New Look sought to formulate a more selective and flexible response to Communist challenges. The New Look was not simply a `bigger bang for a buck' nor merely a device for achieving a balanced budget, nor did it amount solely to a strategy of massive retaliation, as is commonly assumed. Dr Dockrill's incisive revisionist analysis of the subject throws new light on US ambitious global strategy during the Eisenhower years.
Acknowledgements - Preface - Introduction - From Truman to Eisenhower - The Road to NSC 162/2 - The `New Look' in Nuclear Deterrence Strategy - Collective Security in Western Europe - The Challenge in Asia and Europe - Aspirations for Atomic Peace - Indirect Approach and Liberation - The Soviet Economic and Technical Challenge - Facing the Nuclear Equation - Realities behind the New Look: Sputnik and After - Eisenhower's Final Struggles-Deterrence, Negotiations and Defence Budgeting - Conclusion - Notes - Appendices -Select Bibliography - Index
