...This introductory chapter discusses the establishment of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. The Carter and Reagan administrations played essential roles in securing the INF Treaty of 1987, which required them to address the gray area problem. Due to their limited range and nuclear...

...This chapter explains the Reagan administration's proposal of the zero option, which is the defining feature of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. It cites that the zero option proposal correlates to Reagan's dream to abolish nuclear weapons without undermining Western deterrence...

...This chapter provides an overview of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) negotiations of the Reagan administration. It explains how the zero option was President Reagan's way of getting the Soviet intermediate-range missiles out of Europe. To enhance US bargaining leverage, American...

...This chapter highlights how the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty improved Western security for thirty years. It elaborates on how the Carter administration and Reagan administration of the United States, its NATO allies, and the Soviet Union played unique roles in unveiling the gray...

...: at what point would the USSR possess an ability to attack the US decisively and with surprise? In the context of the existing war plans, when would the USSR be able to launch a surprise attack on US nuclear forces and military-associated industry such that it would derail both a US atomic offensive...

... negotiations to limit the intermediate-range nuclear forces opened in November 1981. For both the United States and the Soviet Union, the conduct of private arms control negotiations could not be separated from the broader contours of their public diplomacy. arms control policy and negotiations INF talks 1981...

... of conventional attack can make credible threats to escalate to nuclear war if the attacker can retaliate in kind. The chapter also discusses about countries facing threats of overwhelming conventional attack that have almost always opted to develop nuclear forces that are flexible enough to be used in limited...

...This chapter looks into the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) endgame as per the decisions of President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union's General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. The INF Treaty reflected the balance of power in the late Cold War, especially when Gorbachev wanted to stop the arms...

...” attacks that are aimed at disarming the enemy's nuclear forces and appeared impossible because the superpower arsenals were enormous and dispersed, and some weapons seemed impossible to find. concealment as mode of protection remote sensing technologies ballistic missile submarines SSBNs command...

...This book examines the US role in why the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty took almost a decade to negotiate and then failed in just thirty years. The INF Treaty enhanced Western security by prohibiting US and Russian ground-based missiles with maximum ranges of 500 to 5,500...

...This chapter details Paul Nitze's central role in the US nuclear weapons debate during the early 1980s. From 1981 to 1983, Nitze led the US delegation to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) negotiations, attempting to broker a deal with his Soviet counterpart, Yuli Kvitsinsky. The chapter...

... strategy. The chapter points out how the results of the negotiations, whether the near-deal at Reykjavik in 1986 or the intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) Treaty signed a year later, set the cat among the pigeons in NATO circles. The chapter recounts the year 1981, wherein the Western allies had...

...The chapter examines the political fallout from the intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) Treaty. It examines the Western allies' arguments over whether to modernize their remaining short-range nuclear weapons in Europe and when they should negotiate with the Soviets on these systems...

...This chapter examines the last two years of Leonid Brezhnev's life, shedding light on often ignored back channels between the superpowers. It describes the defense buildup that focused primarily on enhancing US nuclear forces, which Ronald Reagan had insisted were dangerously vulnerable to a Soviet...

...This chapter focuses on the notion of dual-track decision. The dual-track decision allowed the Reagan administration to approach the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) negotiations from a stronger position. Moreover, the dual-track decision advanced Carter's arms control agenda. The chapter...

...This chapter tackles the impact of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty from the incumbency of George H. W. Bush to Donald Trump. The INF Treaty died on February 2, 2019, when President Trump triggered the six-month notification to revoke the deal. The INF Treaty died for several...