Includes bibliographical references.

Preface / Kenneth L. Adelman -- The atom bomb as policy maker / Bernard Brodie (1948) -- The requirements of deterrence / William W. Kaufmann (1955) -- After detection, what? / Fred C. Iklé (1961) -- Formulating strategic doctrine / Henry S. Rowen (1975) -- Assuring strategic stability in an era of détente / Paul H. Nitze (1976) -- What SALT can (and cannot) do / Aaron L. Friedberg (1978) -- A modest proposal / George F. Kennan (1981) -- Mutual deterrence and strategic arms limitation in Soviet policy / Raymond L. Garthoff (1981) -- Defense policy and arms control: defining the problem / Richard Burt (1982) -- The danger of nuclear war: an open letter to Dr. Sidney Drell / Andrei Sakharov (1983) -- The military role of nuclear weapons / Robert S. McNamara (1983) -- Arms control and the prevention of war / Joseph S. Nye (1984) -- The nuclear debate / Robert S. Tucker (1984) -- Arms control with and without agreements / Kenneth L. Adelman (1984) -- What went wrong with arms control? / Thomas C. Schelling (1985) -- Between an unfree world and none, increasing our choices / Albert Wohlstetter (1985) -- Maintaining global stability / James R. Schlesinger (1985).