He also seems to lose track of a point he introduces by referring to Kissinger’s advocacy of the use of low yield nukes. Kissinger’s book came out in 1957, and afair only the US had battlefield nuclear missile delivery systems back in early 60s. After Kissinger gained power in the Nixon administration, they both thought that it was useful to look rationally irrational, to set out a logic for dangerous policies in order to make opponents fearful of a catastrophic reaction. The Russians are likely doing the same thing. I’m sure, too, that talking of a low first use threshold is a way to split Europe from the US.