Introduction
I. The nuclear problem in its infancy
1. Early reflections on the atomic bomb
The atomic bomb and the choices for American policy (1950)
The nuclear deterrent and the principle of "first use" (1954)
A sterile and hopeless weapon (1958)
II. East-West relations under the shadow of the nuclear bomb
2. The American-Soviet relationship: a retrospective (1976)
3. Is détente worth saving? (1976)
4. Selections from interviews
"Containment" and the fear of a Russian attack (1975)
Could the Russians successfully dominate Western Europe? (1976)
"Liberation" as an objective of American policy (1976)
Two views of Soviet leadership (1978)
Détente and its opponents (1978)
The Helsinki agreements (1976)
Finlandization and nuclear blackmail (1976)
Why nuclear weapons should be totally eliminated (1976)
The Soviet danger versus ecological disaster (1976)
5. The Soviet Union: the reality (1977)
6. Soviet-American relations (1977)
7. Soviet strategic objectives (1978)
8. Politics and the East-West relationship (1980)
9. A risky equation (1981)
10. Two views of the Soviet problem (1981)
11. Afghanistan and Poland
Afghanistan (1980)
The Soviet occupation
The stabilization of the situation
Poland (1982)
Jaruzelski's course
As the Kremlin sees it
III. The nuclear age in crisis
12. A proposal for international disarmament (1981)
The alternatives we face (1981)
Denuclearization (1981)
On nuclear war (1981)
A Christian's view of the arms race (1982).