counterforce doctrine: References & Edit History

Counterforce doctrine is discussed within the broader context of nuclear strategies in Richard K. Betts, Nuclear Blackmail and Nuclear Balance (1987); Lawrence Freedman, The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy, 3rd ed. (2003); John Lewis Gaddis, Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of Postwar American National Security Policy (1982); Robert Jervis, The Illogic of American Nuclear Strategy (1984); Austin G. Long, Deterrence: From Cold War to Long War: Lessons from Six Decades of Rand Research (2008); Scott D. Sagan and Kenneth N. Waltz, The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed, 2nd ed. (2003); and David M. Walsh, The Military Balance in the Cold War: US Perceptions and Policy, 1976–85 (2008).