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Power and responsibility Power and responsibility Bruce Jones "Makes the case for forming new international partnerships and revitalizing instruments of cooperation to address global challenges that post-WWII multilateral security systems cannot. Establishes a … OL13656992W
Joseph Rotblat Joseph Rotblat Reiner Braun Sir Joseph Rotblat (1908-2005), British physicist and one of the most prominent critics of the nuclear arms race, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995 in conjunction with the Pugwash Conferences on… OL15171778W
Saddam's bombmaker Saddam's bombmaker Khidhir Hamza,Khiḍr ʻAbd al-ʻAbbās Ḥamzah,Jeff Stein The author who spent twenty years developing Iraq's atomic weapon, recounts his life in Saddam Hussein's inner circle and his daring flight to the West. The book delves into the darkest corners of a … OL15456756W
Nuclear power's Global Expansion Nuclear power's Global Expansion Henry D. Sokolski When security and arms control analysts list what has helped keep nuclear weapons technologies from spreading, energy economics is rarely, if ever, mentioned. Yet, large civilian nuclear energy progr… OL16046273W
Medevedev's Plan Medevedev's Plan Dr. Richard J. Krickus The author addresses the question of how to give Russia a voice but not a veto in a new European security system and provides some provocative recommendations. Most specifically, he proposes that the… OL16076136W
The age of deception The age of deception Mohamed El Baradei For the first time, the director of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency and "man in the middle" of the planet's most explosive confrontations speaks out--on his dealings with America, negotia… OL16175608W
Bomb scare Bomb scare Joseph Cirincione Joseph Cirincione provides a probing investigation into the proliferation of nuclear weapons and what can be done to slow, stop, and even reverse their spread. OL17738776W
Unthinkable Unthinkable Kenneth M. Pollack Examines Iran's current nuclear potential while charting America's future course of action, recounting the prolonged clash between both nations to outline options for American policymakers. OL17874394W
Monitoring a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Monitoring a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Eystein S. Husebye An international treaty banning the testing of any nuclear device in any environment - a comprehensive test ban treaty (CTBT) - has been on the political agenda for nearly 40 years. Objections to a C… OL19889144W
Manufactured crisis Manufactured crisis Gareth Porter "Based on eight years of covering the Iran nuclear issue and new research and interviews with participants, Porter reconstructs the history of Iran's nuclear program and shows how the United States a… OL19976183W
Avoiding Armageddon Avoiding Armageddon Bruce O. Riedel "Traces the history of the United States, India, and Pakistan as British colonies and their interaction in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, particularly in regard to relations between India … OL22643111W
Nuclear Weapons Nuclear Weapons Joseph M. Siracusa Despite not having been used in anger since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the atomic bomb is still the biggest threat that faces us in the 21st century. As Bill Clinton's first secretary of defence, Les As… OL2623627W
Zero Zero David Krieger This book makes a passionate argument that the only sane and rational number of nuclear weapons is zero...the author dispels the myth that nuclear deterrence provides protection to a country and argu… OL27063508W
Iran and the bomb Iran and the bomb Gideon Rose,Jonathan Tepperman Bringing together a broad range of important articles from Foreign Affairs and ForeignAffairs.com, Iran and the Bomb tells the story of Iran's quest for nuclear weapons and the outside world's strugg… OL27301762W
Tackling Trident Tackling Trident Kelvin Mason,Stellan Vinthagen,Justin Kenrick "Tackling Trident is about two unique academic conferences in which an international group of academics, while discussing scientific conference papers, simultaneously blockaded Faslane Naval Base, ho… OL27975341W
The U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency The U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Kem Knapp Sawyer Surveys the history of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, describing its structure, current function, and influence on American society. OL3288951W
Think about nuclear arms control Think about nuclear arms control Richard Smoke Discusses the nuclear arms race, its historical background, technological ramifications, and impact on contemporary life. OL4303443W
Fatal Choice Fatal Choice Richard Butler "We continue to face a choice with respect to nuclear weapons - either to move safely towards their elimination or to remain their victim. A forty-year effort to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons… OL4394683W
Civil defense in the nuclear age Civil defense in the nuclear age Elaine K. Andrews Examines the issues and questions posed by civil defense in the nuclear age and the related controversy over the arms race and the nuclear freeze movement. OL4477187W
Baseball ratings Baseball ratings Charles F. Faber "In this third edition of Baseball Ratings, author Charles Faber combines the second edition with his book on 19th-century greats, Baseball Pioneers, updating the ratings and expanding the commentary… OL76858W
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