On Thermonuclear War was controversial when originally published and remains so today.
The strategic concepts still apply: defense, local animosities, and th.
As a result, both sides were better able to avoid disaster during the Cold War.
The book was widely read on both sides of the Iron Curtain and the result was serious revision in both Western and Soviet strategy and doctrine.
It is iconoclastic, crosses disciplinary boundaries, and finally it is calm and compellingly reasonable.
On Thermonuclear War was controversial when originally published and remains so today