Outlining a soundly reasoned "just defense doctrine" for the nuclear age, Nye provides a sensitive moral compass for policy choices and offers a genuine sense of hope for the future.

Joseph S. Nye, Jr., is Ford Foundation Professor of Security and Affairs at Harvard University and Director of the Center for Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. A former Deputy to the Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, he is the author of several books including Living with Nuclear Weapons.