The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger

From the bestselling author of The Fate of the Earth, a provocative look at the urgent threat posed by America's new nuclear policies


When the cold war ended, many Americans believed the nuclear dilemma had ended with it. Instead, the bomb has moved to the dead center of foreign policy 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 book, Jonathan Schell argues that a revolution in nuclear ...