William Kaufmann, 90, American nuclear strategist, adviser to seven Defense Secretaries, Alzheimer's disease.

- enough to deter an enemy and, failing that, to destroy it - remains unanswered by nuclear strategists more than 50 years after Hiroshima.

Threatening nuclear attacks on Russian cities would not only deter Soviet first strikes, but also deter many American nuclear strategists.

Albert Wohlstetter (December 19, 1913 - January 10, 1997) was an influential and controversial nuclear strategist during the Cold War.

"A lot of nuclear strategists are hustling to learn about economics and international finance."

In 1961, Herman Kahn, a prominent nuclear strategist, invited him to join the Hudson Institute to study nuclear defense issues.

Iran's nuclear strategists are also succeeding.

Even so, the mere claim was sure to leave India's nuclear strategists wondering, intensifying already inflamed emotions.

It was founded by Herman Kahn, the nuclear strategist.

Allies and nuclear strategists began asking a question not heard in Washington for decades: would the president ever consider a pre-emptive nuclear strike?