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“FiveMythsAboutNuclearWeaponsisaccessible,shortandbreathless.IthasthetoneofaTEDtalk:anavidspeakerburstingwithonebigideaandeighteenminutestoholdyourattention.”—NewYorkTimes
Nuclearwarwouldbeanapocalypse.Nucleardeterrenceiseffectiveinacrisis.Nuclearweaponsshockandaweopponents.Killingcivilianscausesleaderstobackdown.Thebombhaskeptthepeaceforsixty-fiveyears.Thesearethethingswethinkweknowaboutnuclearweapons,butitturnsouttheyaremyths,mythsthatnonethelessstillshapeournuclearpolicy.
InFiveMythsAboutNuclearWeapons,WardWilsonblowsthelidoffthestaledebatesurroundingnuclearweapons,strippingawayemotionandexaggeration.Bydrawingonnewfactsandhistoricalresearch,Wilsonmethodicallyshatterseachofthesemythsinturn.Hisconclusionswillsurpriseyou,enlightenyou,andspurdebatesaboutwhethernuclearweaponshaveanypowerandimportanceinthetwenty-firstcentury.