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This book is about American and Soviet strategies for deterrence and war. Its title is boldly optimistic. Its focus, however, is not on the arms control end game-a world entirely free of nuclear weapons. A post-nuclear world will not be a nuclear ‘free’ world. Nuclear weapons in reduced numbers are certain to remain in the arsenals of the superpowers, but they will play a declining role in military strategy and war plans.
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© 1990 Gary L. Guertner
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Guertner, G.L. (1990). Introduction. In: Deterrence and Defence in a Post-Nuclear World. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11448-1_1
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