Fatal Choice
Subtitle: Nuclear Weapons and the Illusion of Missile Defense
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: December 18, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780813339801
Subjects: International relations; Nuclear Weapons; Technology; National Security Issues; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; International Relations - Arms Control; Military - Nuclear Warfare; Military Science; Arms control; Ballistic missile defenses
First sentence: Three years ago, I took a rest stop at Bombay, now according to the canons of Hindu nationalism renamed Mumbai.
Description: "We continue to face a choice with respect to nuclear weapons - either to move safely towards their elimination or to remain their victim. A forty-year effort to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons is breaking down, and the likely acquisition of these weapons by terrorist groups is growing. In Fatal Choice, Richard Butler, a well-known and respected voice on the subject of nuclear weapons, argues that we are poised on the verge of a second and much more threatening nuclear arms race than the one experienced throughout the Cold War. This threat is clearly reflected in nuclear weapons development by India, Pakistan, Iraq, and North Korea. The revival by the Bush administration of missile defense will not deal with the problem but worsen it. Butler outlines the steps that can be taken to give effect to the right choice on nuclear weapons. Now included in the preface is a discussion of the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001."--BOOK JACKET.