The Russian Nuclear Shield from Stalin to Yeltsin

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 ‘Massive Retaliation’ and Soviet Ballistic Missile Defence, 1953–7

Chapter 3 ‘We Can Hit a Fly in Outer Space’, 1957–62

Chapter 4 From Cuba to Détente, 1962–8

Chapter 5 Missile Defence and Arms Control Diplomacy, 1968–72

Chapter 6 Missile Defence and the Decline of Détente, 1972–9

Chapter 7 The Second Cold War and the Threat of SDI, 1980–5

Chapter 8 ‘New Political Thinking’ and Ballistic Missile Defence, 1985–91

Chapter 10 Conclusion: The Kremlin’s Missile Defence Policy during the Cold War and Beyond