Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-434) and index

Year zero -- Living with the bomb -- Planning for war -- On the beach at RAND -- The superbomb -- The vulnerability study -- The hydra-headed monster -- The Gaither committee -- The report of maximum danger -- The missile gap -- The massive-retaliation speech -- The limited-war critique -- Counterforce -- Dr. Strangelove -- The real rivalry -- The whiz kids -- Two briefings -- The SIOP and the road to Ann Arbor -- The gap that never was -- The crises -- Shelter mania -- Damage unlimited -- Vietnam : stalemate -- The ABM debate -- The new generation -- Dancing in the dark -- Notes -- Interviews -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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