'...Lawrence Freedman has provided a masterly account of the evolution of nuclear strategic thought which is steeped in scholarship, elegantly written, and comprehensive in scope.' Edward M.Spiers, Times Higher Education Supplement
First and second thoughts; towards a policy of deterrence; limited war; the fear of surpise attack; the strategy of stable conflict; from counterforce to assured destruction; the European dimension; retreat from assured destruction; the Reagan administration and the great nuclear debate.
