STEPHEN J. CIMBALA is Professor of Political Science at the Pennsylvania State University (Delaware County). He is the author of numerous books and articles in professional journals on topics related to national security. His most recent books include The Past and Future of Nuclear Deterrence (Praeger, 1998) and Nuclear Strategy in the Twenty-First Century (Praeger, 2000).

• Introduction Past Cases Bargaining at the Brink: Otherness and the Cuban Missile Crisis Wilderness of Mirrors: The 1983 "War Scare" in U.S.-Soviet Relations Operation Desert Storm: A Truncated Triumph Present and Future Cases Information Warfare and Nuclear Weapons: Back to the Future? Armageddon by Osmosis: Must Nuclear Weapons Spread? Small Wars and Peace Wars: Disarming the Devil Conclusion

STEPHEN J. CIMBALA is Professor of Political Science at the Pennsylvania State University (Delaware County). He is the author of numerous books and articles in professional journals on topics related to national security. His most recent books include The Past and Future of Nuclear Deterrence (Praeger, 1998) and Nuclear Strategy in the Twenty-First Century (Praeger, 2000).

• Introduction Past Cases Bargaining at the Brink: Otherness and the Cuban Missile Crisis Wilderness of Mirrors: The 1983 "War Scare" in U.S.-Soviet Relations Operation Desert Storm: A Truncated Triumph Present and Future Cases Information Warfare and Nuclear Weapons: Back to the Future? Armageddon by Osmosis: Must Nuclear Weapons Spread? Small Wars and Peace Wars: Disarming the Devil Conclusion

STEPHEN J. CIMBALA is Professor of Political Science at the Pennsylvania State University (Delaware County). He is the author of numerous books and articles in professional journals on topics related to national security. His most recent books include The Past and Future of Nuclear Deterrence (Praeger, 1998) and Nuclear Strategy in the Twenty-First Century (Praeger, 2000).

• Introduction Past Cases Bargaining at the Brink: Otherness and the Cuban Missile Crisis Wilderness of Mirrors: The 1983 "War Scare" in U.S.-Soviet Relations Operation Desert Storm: A Truncated Triumph Present and Future Cases Information Warfare and Nuclear Weapons: Back to the Future? Armageddon by Osmosis: Must Nuclear Weapons Spread? Small Wars and Peace Wars: Disarming the Devil Conclusion