For decades, the reigning scholarly wisdom about nuclear weapons policy has been that the United States only needs the ability to absorb an enemy nuclear attack

Robert Jervis argues here that the possibility of nuclear war has created a revolution in military strategy and international relations. He examines how the pot

Leading analysts have predicted for decades that nuclear weapons would help pacify international politics. The core notion is that countries protected by these

From the earliest human records, warfare has been both an organizing focus and a prime source of political motivation. Countless battles have been fought in the