Common Sense on Weapons of Mass Destruction

Thomas Graham Jr. served for several decades as general counsel and acting director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. He was President Clinton's special ambassador for nuclear disarmament issues, and his work culminated in the agreement to indefinitely extend the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Graham is special counsel at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in Washington, DC, and teaches classes in international law and arms control.

• ForewordIntroduction1. The Problems of Our Time: Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Terrorism2. The Effects of Nuclear Weapons3. An Overview of International Law and Arms Control4. The Cornerstone of Security: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty5. The Political Value of Nuclear Weapons6. Stopping Nuclear Explosions: The Test Ban7. Missile Defense8. Outer Space9. Cleaning Up After Past Wars: Land Mines and Small Arms10. Poison Gas and Microbes: Chemical and Biological Weapons11. Controlling Nuclear Materials: The Situation in Russia12. Regional Issues: Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East and Nuclear Weapons in South and Northeast Asia13. America's RoleConclusionEpilogueAcknowledgmentsAppendix 1. Global Nuclear StatusAppendix 2. Global Nuclear StockpilesAppendix 3. Weapon Development MilestonesChronologyGlossaryIndex

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