No Use: Nuclear Weapons and U.S. National Security

Contents

C o n t e n t s Preface ix Introduction. Why Nuclear Weapons Still Matter 1 1. Nuclear Strategy, 1950–1990: The Search for Meaning 16 2. Nuclear Weapons After the Cold War: Promise and Failure 44 3. The Return of Minimum Deterrence 83 4. Small States and Nuclear War 127 Conclusion. The Price of Nuclear Peace 170 Notes 183 Index 213 ...