Revised and updated papers from a symposium held at the Institute for the Study of the USSR, Munich, October, 1964.

Introduction:Nuclear strategy: world dilemma / John Erickson -- The Soviet approach to the modern military revolution / Nikolai Galay -- Is the atomic deterrent a bluff? / Ferdinand O. Miksche -- Trends in Soviet thinking on theater warfare and limited war / Thomas W. Wolfe -- Towards the McNamara Doctrine / David Rees -- Neutralism and the West / William Rodney -- The organizational crisis in NATO / Hellmuth Roth -- The political cohesion of the Soviet Bloc / Richard V. Burks -- The impact on land warfare / Michel Garder -- Soviet naval strategy / Robert W. Herrick -- The future of manned aircraft / Martin Edmonds -- The role of missile defense in Soviet strategy and foreign policy / John R. Thomas -- Anti-missile systems and disarmament / N. Talensky -- Psychostrategy: a new concept / Robert Dickson Crane -- Military power in Soviet policy / Raymond Garthoff -- Implications of the Sino-Soviet dispute / Malcolm Mackintosh -- The United States and the Soviet Union: standoff or confrontation? / Herbert S. Dinerstein.