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A Skeptic's Case for Nuclear Disarmament (Paperback)
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A Skeptic's Case for Nuclear Disarmament (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 5 590
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In 2007 two former U.S. secretaries of state, a defense secretary,
and a former senator wrote persuasively in the Wall Street Journal
that the time had come to move seriously toward a nuclear-free
world. Almost two years later, the Global Zero movement was born
with its chief aim to rid the world of such weapons once and for
all by 2030. But is it realistic or even wise to envision a world
without nuclear weapons? More and more people seem to think so.
Barack Obama has declared "America's commitment to seek the peace
and security of a world without nuclear weapons". But that is
easier said than done. Michael O'Hanlon places his own indelible
stamp on this critical issue, putting forth a "friendly skeptic's
case for nuclear disarmament". Calls to "ban the bomb" are as old
as the bomb itself, but the pace and organization of
nonproliferation campaigns have picked up greatly recently. The
growing Global Zero movement, for example, wants treaty
negotiations to begin in 2019. Would this be prudent or even
feasible in a world that remains dangerous, divided, and
unpredictable? After all, America's nuclear arsenal has been its
military trump card for much of the period since World War II.
Pursuing a nuclear weapons ban prematurely or carelessly could
alarm allies, leading them to consider building their own weapons -
the opposite of the intended effect. O'Hanlon clearly presents the
dangers of nuclear weapons and the advantages of disarmament as a
goal. But even once an accord is in place, he notes, temporary
suspension of restrictions may be necessary in response to urgent
threats such as nuclear "cheating" or discovery of an advanced
biological weapons program. To take all nuclear options off the
table forever strengthens the hand of those that either do not make
that pledge or do not honor it. For the near term, traditional
approaches to arms control, including dismantling existing bomb
inventories, can pave the way to make a true nonproliferation
regime possible in the decades ahead.
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