This book, first published in 1983, examines the role that arms control has to play, alongside defence and deterrence, in stabilising East-West relations and reducing tensions during the Cold War.

Part 1. Strategies 1. The Disarmer's Approach 2. The Arms Control Approach 3. The Political Approach 4. The Humanitarian Approach 5. The Pragmatic Approach Part 2. Diplomacy 6. Dictators and Disarmament 7. The Soviet Stance 8. Third World Security Policy 9. Arms Control and Democracy Part 3. Arms Control 10. Verification - History 11. Verification - the Experience of the 1970s