The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. Presumed First Edition, Fifth printing [stated]. Trade paperback. Good. xviii, 473, [3] pages. Notes. Bibliography. Subject Index. Name Index. Cover has minor wear and soiling. Ink underlining and marks noted. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Sir Lawrence David Freedman, KCMG, CBE, PC, FBA (born 7 December 1948) is Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London. He has been described as the "dean of British strategic studies", and is a member of the Iraq Inquiry. He was made a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom when appointed to the Iraq Inquiry in 2009. Freedman's principal areas of interest include contemporary defence and foreign policy issues. He has written extensively on nuclear strategy and the cold war. Lawrence Freedman's Evolution of Nuclear Strategy was immediately acclaimed as the standard work on the history of attempts to cope militarily and politically with the terrible destructive power of nuclear weapons.