In this paper relating to developing countries, Amartya Sen asks the basic question: how does the preparation for and the execution of wars influence the ability of famine-prone countries to escape mass starvation --- a question of perhaps not much significance to highly developed industrialized...

In the paper that follows, the author discusses, in addition to the specific topic, the combination of moral and prudential issues that are inescapably involved in nuclear policy in general and the idea of deterrence in particular. (eds.)