{"product_id":"ending-the-nuclear-arms-race","title":"Ending The Nuclear Arms Race","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Engagingly written and fullof fascinating stories…. Von Hippel’s memoir will be of value to anyoneinterested in the history of the Cold War, the nuclear arms race, and therelationship between science and public policy—and anyone curious about howinformed citizens can make an impact on crucial questions of policy.\" —MatthewEvangelista, Cornell University\u003c\/p\u003eFrank N. von Hippel shares his remarkable journey as a key figure in the history of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy, illuminating the far-reaching consequences of nuclear accidents and the devastating impact of \"limited\" nuclear war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpeakingout about the dangers of nuclear power, leading the opposition againstplutonium breeder reactors, meeting with Soviet leaders and colleagues such asMikhail Gorbachev and physicist and human rights advocate Andrei Sakharov,serving as chair of the Federation of American Scientists, von Hippel played apivotal role in the nuclear freeze movement. He was also involved inestablishing the in-country monitoring of the Soviet Union''s unilateral nucleartest moratorium in the mid-1980s. His book offers an intimate look at thecomplex world of nuclear arms control from the 1980s to the present.\u003c\/p\u003eCONTENTS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSearching for a Way to Contribute.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt Stanford During the Vietnam War.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNuclear Reactor Accidents.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConsequences of \"Limited\" Nuclear War.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresident Carter and the \"Plutonium Economy.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChernobyl.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAutomobile Energy Efficiency.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Freezing\" the Nuclear Arms Race.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonitoring Gorbachev''s Nuclear Test Moratorium.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAndrei Sakharov and the 1987 Moscow Nuclear Disarmament Conference.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnd of the Nuclear Arms Race.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNuclear Warhead Detection: The Black Sea Experiment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVelikhov''s 1986 Glasnost Tour.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnd of the Cold War.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLosing the Peace.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCleaning Up After the Cold War. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFifteen More US Nuclear Tests?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorking in the White House to Secure Russia''s Nuclear Materials.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNuclear Nonproliferation and Space-Reactor Safety.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTime to Rejoin the Outside World.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe International Panel on Fissile Materials.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStopping the G. W. Bush Administration''s Reprocessing Initiative.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFukushima and Spent Fuel Pool Fires.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eObama, China, and Iran.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLooking Forward.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLooking Back.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57395265929598,"sku":"NW9781962551588","price":81.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781962551588.jpg?v=1778674518","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/ending-the-nuclear-arms-race","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}