What I do see, for instance, is that the French are not very happy with the ... I am happy but they are not and I understand why they are not happy. They still believe in some nuclear strategic formulas which they have inherited from General De Gaulle and they have started the process of rethinking, they haven't gone very far.

If somewhere is a deficiency the normal American answer would have been well then, let's spend some more money, build some more weapons and deploy them. That's the normal way of thinking of the military, in America not only but also all over the place, but America or Russia or other countries.

Political leaders normally act by making convincing speeches.

The catch word is equilibrium again, informed the field what are conventional weapons or nuclear weapons of different qualities. You cannot make up for a actual or perceived disequilibrium in the conventional field by having more nuclear weapons.

People who have visions should go see a doctor.

Leonid Breznev was an old man and despite his own military experience in World War II, he on the other hand was not very close to the military.

President [Ronald] Reagan told me he would negotiate and negotiate and negotiate with the Soviets, and I believed him.