Recommended:The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger (American Empire Project)

When the chilly war ended, several Us residents considered the nuclear dilemma had ended with it. As an alternative, the bomb has moved to the dead center of foreign coverage and even domestic scandal. From missing WMDs to the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame, nuclear matters are back on the front page.

In this provocative guide, Jonathan Schell argues that a revolution in nuclear affairs has occurred beneath the view of the Bush administration, such as a historic embrace of a first-strike policy to combat proliferation. The administration has also encouraged a nuclear renaissance at house, with the improvement of new generations of these kinds of weaponry. Far from curbing nuclear buildup, Schell contends, our radical policy has provoked proliferation in Iran, North Korea, and elsewhere exacerbated world wide trafficking in nuclear weapons and taken the world into an era of unchecked nuclear terror. Incisive and passionately argued, The Seventh Decade offers important insight into what could prove the most volatile 10 years of the nuclear age.