John Garnett
|
John Garnett assesses the pros and cons of ‘mutual deterrence’, the nuclear defence strategy that both escalated and controlled tensions between the superpowers during the Cold War.
Published March 1 1999
|
This Month's Magazine
Newsletter
Subscribe to our weekly e-newsletter:
From The Current Issue
Tim Stanley
|
Nicola Phillips
|
Jonathan Fenby
|
Roger Hudson
|
History Today App
Follow Us
From The Archive
 John Kennedy’s commitment to put a man on the Moon in the 1960s is often quoted – most recently by Gordon Brown – as an inspired civic vision. Gerard DeGroot sees the reality somewhat differently. |
