the Europeans themselves during the '70s, made Europe's predicament even more apparent: Theoretically, the United States could survive a nuclear war unscathed limiting the conflict to an exchange of missiles in Europe and western Russia.
Should they choose to shed their "dependence" on America, the Europeans have three options, says Draper. They can follow the French "nuclear" path; eschew nuclear weapons but build up their con- ventional defenses to maintain an anti-Soviet...