Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185) and index.
The autonomy of strategy in the nuclear age -- The just war -- The legal tradition -- The political context of strategy: Clausewitz -- The transformation of war -- The evolution of strategic thinking: stage one-three -- Patterns of Soviet strategic thought -- Alliances -- Arms control -- War all the same -- Guerrilla -- The rationality and ethics of nuclear deterrence -- Beyond the Cold War