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.

  • April 1, 2026

    The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home
    William D. Hartung and Ben Freeman
    Bold Type Books
    November 2025

    Eighty Years into the Nuclear Age: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? A Perspective from Mexico and Latin America
    By María Antonieta Jáquez Huacuja and Abelardo Rodríguez Sumano (eds.)
    The Mexican Association of International Studies (AMEI)
    2025

  • November 1, 2025

    Nuclear Abolition: A Scenario
    By Timmon Wallis
    Indispensable Press, 2025

  • September 1, 2025

    Rethinking a Political Approach to Nuclear Abolition
    George Perkovich, Fumihiko Yoshida, and Michiru Nishida

    Beyond the Euromissile Crisis: Global Histories of Anti-Nuclear 
    Activism in the Cold War
    Luc-André Brunet and Eirini Karamouzi (eds.)

  • June 1, 2025

    The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon
    By Ankit Panda

    Influence Without Arms: The New Logic of Nuclear Deterrence
    By Matthew Fuhrmann

  • April 1, 2025

    Ending the Nuclear Arms Race: A Physicist’s Quest
    By Frank N. von Hippel

    Hiroshima: The Last Witnesses
    By M.G. Sheftall

  • January 10, 2025

    The Foundations of Modern Arm Control: An International History, 1815-1968
    By Robert M. Blum

    A Farewell to Wars: The Growing Restraints on the Interstate Use of Force
    By Hans Blix

  • July 9, 2024

    Nuclear Decisions: Changing the Course of Nuclear Weapons Programs

    Nuclear Weapons and International Law: Existential Risks of Nuclear War and Deterrence Through a Legal Lens 

  • June 1, 2024

    Germany and Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century: Atomic Zeitenwende?

    Arms Control at a Crossroads: Renewal or Demise?

  • March 13, 2024

    Under the Cap of Invisibility: The Pantex Nuclear Weapons Plant and the Texas Panhandle

  • October 1, 2023

    Unparalleled Catastrophe: Life and Death in the Third Nuclear Age