Glory and Terror: The Growing Nuclear Danger
- ISBN-10
- 1590171306
- ISBN-13
- 9781590171301
- Category
- Ballistic missile defenses
- Pages
- 92
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York Review of Books
- Author
- Steven Weinberg
Description
A 2002 treaty signed by George Bush and Vladimir Putin calls for a reduction in operationally deployed nuclear weapons. Steven Weinberg argues that it will leave the world no safer.
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