By the Editor: Much ground has been covered in this and preceding editions of the Review when it comes to nuclear deterrence. It is important to remember how such posture both brought us back from the brink of great power conflict. If one issue shines especially brightly from this article it is the critical importance of the role of the ‘strategic corporal’ – the individual or individuals whose influence on the strategic level of affairs belies their seniority or status. Thus, like it or not, all serving, in whatever branch, are, and must consider themselves, today as much as yesterday, part o…
