A sobering look at risks of nuclear war as we enter the next millennium
Ronald Powaski is the author of The Cold War: The U.S. and the Soviet Union, 1917-1991 and March to Armageddon: The United States and the Nuclear Arms Race, 1939-1987, both by OUP. He is an adjunct professor of history at Cleveland State University. He lives in Euclid, Ohio.
"An exhaustive yet engrossing account of two decades of effort to
control the nuclear menace. The author details a painful process,
buoyed by an occasional breakthrough--the elimination of
intermediate range nuclear missiles under President Reagan and the
substantial cut in tactical nuclear weapons under President
Bush--but effectively blocked in the Clinton years by hostile
Senate leadership and infatuation with the myth of missile
defense."--Paul C. Warnke,
former Director of U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
"This compact volume identifies the key themes and turning points
in U.S. nuclear weapon and nuclear arms control policy over the
past two decades, giving timely insight into the decisions that
have kept the nuclear 'fate of the earth' hanging in the balance. A
good source for students and journalists, and a fast-reading,
illuminating history for any concerned citizen."--Randall Forsberg,
Director, Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies
"An accomplished historian of the nuclear arms race in its early
years, Ronald Powaski has produced a thorough, up-to-date, and
well-written study of the nuclear arms race during the last two
decades of the twentieth century. He cogently analyzes U.S. policy
in the 1980s and 1990s and assesses the risks of nuclear
catastrophe in the coming years."--Peter L. Hahn, Ohio State
University
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