CHAPTER FOUR. Why Even Good Defenses May Be Bad

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Contents ix
4. CHAPTER ONE. Introduction 1
5. PART I: The Questions behind the Questions
6. CHAPTER TWO. Disputes over the U.S. Military Requirements of Nuclear Deterrence 19
7. CHAPTER THREE. Disputes about the International Political Consequences of Competing and Cooperating with the Soviet Union 61
8. PART II. Alternative Nuclear Worlds
9. CHAPTER FOUR. Why Even Good Defenses May Be Bad 103
10. CHAPTER FIVE. Why U.S. Superiority Is Probably Inferior to MAD 133
11. CHAPTER SIX. Why Disarmament Is Probably More Dangerous than MAD 166
12. PART III Decisions in MAD
13. CHAPTER SEVEN. Does the United States Need Counterforce in MAD? 207
14. CHAPTER EIGHT. Does the United States Need ICBMs? 257
15. CHAPTER NINE. Should the United States Deploy Limited Ballistic Missile Defenses? 285
16. CHAPTER TEN. What Type of Arms Control in MAD? 315
17. CHAPTER ELEVEN. Conclusions 361
18. Index 371