Nuclear Weapons, Scientists, And The Post-cold War Challenge

Selected Papers On Arms Control

By: Sidney D Drell (Editor)

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Hardcover | 17 January 2007

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This volume includes a representative selection of Sidney Drell's recent writings and speeches (circa 1993 to the present) on public policy issues with substantial scientific components. Most of the writings deal with national security, nuclear weapons, and arms control and reflect the author's personal involvement in such issues dating back to 1960.Fifteen years after the demise of the Soviet Union, the gravest danger presented by nuclear weapons is the spread of advanced technology that may result in the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Of most concern would be their acquisition by hostile governments and terrorists who are unconstrained by accepted norms of civilized behavior. The current challenges are to prevent this from happening and, at the same time, to pursue aggressively the opportunity to escape from an outdated nuclear deterrence trap.

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My involvement as a scientist working on issues of national security and views on scientists' responsibilities and ethical dilemmas	p. 5
Reflections	p. 7
Physics and U.S. national security	p. 17
The moral obligation of scientists and a rekindling of hope	p. 28
Response on behalf of degree recipients at the University of Tel Aviv	p. 34
Ceremony granting honorary doctors degrees response at the ceremony awarding the William Oliver Baker Award	p. 36
Beyond expectations - building an American National Reconnaissance	p. 38
Capability : recollections of the pioneers and founders of national reconnaissance
The impact of a public constituency	p. 45
Science and society : the troubled frontier	p. 51
To act or not to act	p. 65
Issues coming to the fore immediately following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War	p. 67
Science and national security	p. 68
Testimony on the future of arms control	p. 76
Abolishing long-range nuclear missiles	p. 89
Reducing nuclear danger	p. 91
At the end of the 20th century : the comprehensive test ban treaty and the emergence of the new terror of biological and chemical weapons	p. 107
Adlai Stevenson and the comprehensive test ban treaty of today	p. 109
On stockpile stewardship and the comprehensive test ban treaty	p. 113
Putting the nuclear genie back in the bottle	p. 118
Reasons to ratify, not to stall	p. 124
This treaty must be ratified	p. 125
Technical issues of a nuclear test ban	p. 126
Merits and risks of more underground tests	p. 169
Safety in high consequence operations	p. 171
The route to the CTBT	p. 189
The present threat	p. 197
New challenges in the 21st century : escaping the nuclear deterrence trap and pacing terrorism	p. 205
The gravest danger	p. 207
Nuclear weapons and their proliferation : the gravest danger	p. 213
Tough challenges	p. 231
What are nuclear weapons for - recommendations for restructuring U.S. strategic nuclear forces?	p. 235
In the shadow of the bomb	p. 270
Memorials to four colleagues who were great scientists and citizens	p. 277
Amos deShalit : statesman of science	p. 278
Viki : a passionate leader for international cooperation in science and in the pursuit of peace	p. 286
Hans Bethe : shaping public policy	p. 294
Report on the progress in reducing nuclear danger, presented at an international conference in honor of Andrei Sakharov	p. 303
Andrei Sakharov and the nuclear danger	p. 317
Afterword : what are nuclear weapons for?	p. 323
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Nuclear Weapons, Scientists, And The Post-cold War Challenge

Selected Papers On Arms Control

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