Table of Contents

1. New Strategies, New Alternatives: Some Introductory Observations 2. Conventional Deterrence and Conventional Retaliation in Europe 3. Strategic Implications of Doctrinal Change: A Case Analysis 4. Strategic and Doctrinal Implications of Deep Attack Concepts for the Defense of Central Europe 5. Nuclear-Conventional Tradeoffs: The Debate in Europe 6. The Anatomy of the Soviet Empire: Vulnerabilities and Strengths 7. Potential Soviet Responses to a NATO Retaliatory Offensive Strategy 8. Does the United States Need a Nuclear Warfighting Doctrine and Strategy? 9. A NATO Conventional Retaliatory Strategy: Its Strategic and Force Structure Implications