At the nuclear precipice
Subtitle: catastrophe or transformation?
By: Richard Falk and David Krieger, editors.
Contributors: Falk, Richard A.; Krieger, David, 1942-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: Nuclear disarmament; Nuclear arms control; Security, International; Nuclear weapons (International law); Nuclear warfare; Nuclear weapons -- United States; United States -- Military policy
Description: This book examines the intersections between international law and national policies, and nuclear proliferation and disarmament, offering a way out if policy makers of leading countries can summon the vision and political will to move away from the nuclea.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of acronyms; title: Foreword: Illegal in any circumstances whatsoever / Douglas Roche; title: Preface: The human right to a nuclear free world / Mairead Maguire; title: Introduction / Richard Falk and David Krieger; title: At the nuclear precipice; title: Sleepwalking into our century of last opportunity / Christopher G. Weeramantry; title: Still standing at the nuclear precipice after all these years: why? / Jacqueline Cabasso; title: Nuclear weapons and international law; title: Non-proliferation treaty illusions and international lawlessness / Richard Falk; title: U.S. nuclear weapons policy and international law / Thomas Graham, Jr; title: The "inalienable right" to peaceful nuclear power: a recipe for chaos / Alice Slater; title: Nuclear weapons policy; title: Rethinking U.S. nuclear weapons policy / Michael D. Intriligator; title: NATO nuclear weapons: the international face of U.S. nuclear policy / Matthew Martin; title: Ending nuclear terrorism: by America and others / Daniel Ellsberg; title: Iranian nuclear policy / Asli Ü. Bâli; title: Nuclear dangers and challenges to a new nuclear policy / David Krieger; title: A new direction; title: Roadmaps to disarmament: a strategy for the second nuclear era / Wade Huntley; title: Strengthening international security through international law / Jurgen Scheffran; title: The power of place: citizens and elected officials uniting to create a nuclear free world / Pamela Meidell; title: Stepping back from the precipice; title: Turning away from the nuclear precipice / David Krieger; title: The inextricable link between disarmament and non-proliferation / Kofi Annan; title: Preventing nuclear catastrophe: where do we go from here? / Mohamed ElBaradei; title: Nuclear weapons, war and the discipline of international law / Richard Falk; title: Where we stand: a dialogue / David Krieger and Richard Falk; title: Appendices: A. Russell-Einstein manifesto; title: B. Abolition 2000 statement; title: The Rome declaration of Nobel peace laureates; title: Nagasaki appeal 2006; title: Suggested reading; title: Author biographies.