On Not Confusing Ourselves - Essays on National Security Strategy in Honor of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter
Editied by: Andrew W. Marshall, J. J. Martin, and Henry S. RowenThis is a collection of essays in honor of two influential 20th Centruy national security commentors, Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter. Published in 1991, it sits at the intersection of the cold war and post cold war periods, reflecting on each period. It provides a readable history on a number of facets of national security strategy. These essary are: 1. On Not
Confusing Ourselves:Contributions of the Wohlstetters toU.S.
Strategy and Strategic Thought, 2 Contributions of RANDto
Strategy in the 1950s, 3 The Development of U.S. NuclearStrategy
and Employment Policy, 4 The Ambiguous Role of
StrategicDefense in U.S. Strategy, 5 Technology
and U.S. Strategy, 6 Warning and Response, 7 Why
Does the Soviet Union BuildSuch Large Military Forces?, 8 Clarity,
Arms Control,and NATO Strategy, 9 Net Assessment:
A Historical Review, 10 The
U.S.-Soviet Competitionand Western Security, 11 Deterrence,
Stability, and Reassurance:U.S. Nuclear Strategy After theFall
of the Soviet Empire, 12 Present Trends and Future Consequences in
the
Asia-Pacific Region, 13 The
Third Worldin U.S.-Soviet Competition:From
Playing Field to Player, 14 Weapons Proliferation andthe New
Security Agenda, 15 Net Assessment as an
Analytical Concept, 16 Strategy as a Professionfor
Future Generations, 17 The Role of Character andIntellect
in Strategy. Concluding the collection are both biographies and bibliographies of Albert
and Roberta Wohlstetter. A must read for students of national security history
and strategic throught.