Paul Crosser, a well-known progressive American sociologist and economist, a great friend of our country, considers the influence of modern military equipment on the revision of traditional strategic doctrines. The polemical beginning of the book is directed against the reactionary militaristic aspirations of the military-industrial complex of the United States and other capitalist countries of the West. The author is not inclined to pessimism, he highly appreciates the prospects for peaceful cooperation, the role of the Soviet Union in defusing international tension. The book is distinguished by the breadth of the author's gaze, brightness, journalistic presentation.