3. The Countervailing Strategy and Its Areas of Incoherence

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 7
3. Acknowledgments 9
4. Preface 11
5. 1. The Nuclear Revolution 19
6. 2. Tensions and Attempted Escapes 47
7. 3. The Countervailing Strategy and Its Areas of Incoherence 64
8. 4. Issues and Contradictions in the Countervailing Strategy 86
9. 5. Escalation Dominance and Competition in Risk-Taking 126
10. 6. Conclusions 147
11. Notes 171
12. Index 199