Readings for Week 6

Nuclear Deterrence

PS 243: IS

1. Rational Deterrence and Crisis Stability
Jean-Pierre P. Langlois
American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 35, No. 4. (November, 1991), pp. 801-832.
2. Nuclear Deterrence, Counterforce Strategies, and the Incentives to Strike First
R. Harrison Wagner
American Political Science Review, Vol. 85, No. 3. (September, 1991), pp. 727-749.
3. Minimal Nuclear Deterrence
Barry Nalebuff
Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 32, No. 3. (September, 1988), pp. 411-425.
4. Nuclear Deterrence Theory
Robert Powell
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
5. The Delicate Balance of Terror
Albert Wohlstetter
RAND Research Paper, P-1472 (December, 1958).