Books of Note
From time to time, Arms Control Today provides short reviews of upcoming or recent books on the subject of arms control, nonproliferation, and international security. Full-length reviews of upcoming books can be found in the Book Review section. To purchase any of these books, visit the link at the end of each review.
Rethinking a Political Approach to Nuclear Abolition
George Perkovich, Fumihiko Yoshida, and Michiru NishidaBeyond the Euromissile Crisis: Global Histories of Anti-Nuclear
Activism in the Cold War
Luc-André Brunet and Eirini Karamouzi (eds.)The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon
By Ankit PandaInfluence Without Arms: The New Logic of Nuclear Deterrence
By Matthew FuhrmannEnding the Nuclear Arms Race: A Physicist’s Quest
By Frank N. von HippelHiroshima: The Last Witnesses
By M.G. SheftallThe Foundations of Modern Arm Control: An International History, 1815-1968
By Robert M. BlumA Farewell to Wars: The Growing Restraints on the Interstate Use of Force
By Hans BlixNuclear Decisions: Changing the Course of Nuclear Weapons Programs
Nuclear Weapons and International Law: Existential Risks of Nuclear War and Deterrence Through a Legal Lens
Germany and Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century: Atomic Zeitenwende?
Arms Control at a Crossroads: Renewal or Demise?
Under the Cap of Invisibility: The Pantex Nuclear Weapons Plant and the Texas Panhandle
Unparalleled Catastrophe: Life and Death in the Third Nuclear Age
Forbidden: Receiving Pope Francis’s Condemnation of Nuclear Weapons
By Drew Christiansen, SJ, and Carole Sargent
Georgetown University Press
February 2023Euromissiles: The Nuclear Weapons That Nearly Destroyed NATO
By Susan Colbourn
2022The Fragile Balance of Terror: Deterrence in the New Nuclear Age
Edited by Vipin Narang and Scott D. Sagan
January 2023