This is a thorough and insightful analysis of contemporary nuclear dialects and the changing nature of warfare, from the conventional to the unconventional. The author goes significantly into the history of the development of traditional concepts of military strategy and the collection of the Principles of War so as to dwell on the background to the evolution of nuclear strategic principles. This background forms the essential basis for the major part of the book that provides a detailed and well informed understanding of nuclear strategy. It raises important questions on deeper aspects of strategy in the nuclear age and stresses the need for the professional and the layman to keep informed.