Robert E. Osgood was, at the time of his death in 1986, Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy and co-director of the security studies program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

• Foreword -- Military Strategy and Security in the Nuclear Era -- The Spectrum of Approaches to the Nuclear Dilemma -- Extended Deterrence -- The Decline of Arms Control -- The New Strategic Debate -- Toward a Concept of Just Deterrence