Arms and influence

The diplomacy of violence

The art of commitment

The manipulation of risk

The idiom of military action

The diplomacy of ultimate survival

The dynamics of mutual alarm

The dialogue of competitive armament

Afterword: An astonishing sixty years : the legacy of Hiroshima..

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION TO THE VERITAS PAPERBACK EDITION: I SING OF ARMS AND THE MAN

PREFACE TO THE 2008 EDITION

PREFACE

1. THE DIPLOMACY OF VIOLENCE

2. THE ART OF COMMITMENT

3. THE MANIPULATION OF RISK

4. THE IDIOM OF MILITARY ACTION

5. THE DIPLOMACY OF ULTIMATE SURVIVAL

6. THE DYNAMICS OF MUTUAL ALARM

7. THE DIALOGUE OF COMPETITIVE ARMAMENT

AFTERWORD: AN ASTONISHING SIXTY YEARS: THE LEGACY OF HIROSHIMA

INDEX