Moving Targets

The classical Roman adage warns "qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum" - "if you want peace, prepare for war." For over forty years, writes Scott Sagan, "the U.S. government has followed that advice with a vengeance." This book is the story of senior American political officials and the complex military organizations beneath them, attempting to keep the nuclear peace by planning to fight a nuclear war if deterrence fails.

Published 1989.

Binding of book is intact. Some shelfwear on covers of book. Sticker on back cover. Some shelfwear, tanning and foxing on edges of book. Sticker on spine. Very little foxing on insides of covers. Very little foxing on certain pages, otherwise in good condition.