STEPHEN J. CIMBALA is Professor of Political Science at Penn State University, Delaware County. He has contributed to the literature of international relations and U.S. security and defense policy for more than 20 years, and he has written or edited more than 30 books. Among his latest publications are Collective Insecurity (Greenwood, 1995) and Clinton and Post-Cold War Defense (Praeger, 1996). In addition, Cimbala serves on the editorial review boards of several journals, including Armed Forces and Society.

• IntroductionThe Nuclear Chimera: How Deterrence Really WorkedNavies in the Cuban Missile Crisis: Weapons of Restraint?Russia's Nuclear Dependence and STARTRealism and the Proliferation of Nuclear WeaponsInformation Warfare and Nuclear DeterrenceLimited Nuclear War in the Old and New World OrdersConclusion: The Past and Future of Nuclear DeterrenceSuggested ReadingIndex

STEPHEN J. CIMBALA is Professor of Political Science at Penn State University, Delaware County. He has contributed to the literature of international relations and U.S. security and defense policy for more than 20 years, and he has written or edited more than 30 books. Among his latest publications are Collective Insecurity (Greenwood, 1995) and Clinton and Post-Cold War Defense (Praeger, 1996). In addition, Cimbala serves on the editorial review boards of several journals, including Armed Forces and Society.

• IntroductionThe Nuclear Chimera: How Deterrence Really WorkedNavies in the Cuban Missile Crisis: Weapons of Restraint?Russia's Nuclear Dependence and STARTRealism and the Proliferation of Nuclear WeaponsInformation Warfare and Nuclear DeterrenceLimited Nuclear War in the Old and New World OrdersConclusion: The Past and Future of Nuclear DeterrenceSuggested ReadingIndex

STEPHEN J. CIMBALA is Professor of Political Science at Penn State University, Delaware County. He has contributed to the literature of international relations and U.S. security and defense policy for more than 20 years, and he has written or edited more than 30 books. Among his latest publications are Collective Insecurity (Greenwood, 1995) and Clinton and Post-Cold War Defense (Praeger, 1996). In addition, Cimbala serves on the editorial review boards of several journals, including Armed Forces and Society.

• IntroductionThe Nuclear Chimera: How Deterrence Really WorkedNavies in the Cuban Missile Crisis: Weapons of Restraint?Russia's Nuclear Dependence and STARTRealism and the Proliferation of Nuclear WeaponsInformation Warfare and Nuclear DeterrenceLimited Nuclear War in the Old and New World OrdersConclusion: The Past and Future of Nuclear DeterrenceSuggested ReadingIndex