The peninsula question : a chronicle of the second Korean nuclear crisis by Yōichi Funabashi

"Funabashi provides a window of understanding on the historical, geopolitical, and security concerns at play on the Korean peninsula since 2002. Notably, his attention to China's dealings with Pyongyang offer rare and valuable insights into decisionmaking processes in Beijing. His authoritative account is an important resource for understanding the crisis in Korea, diplomacy in Northeast Asia, and nuclear policy in the age of terror." - Editorial Reviews

White light, black rain the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Steven Okazaki

"Through the powerful recollections of atomic bomb survivors White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki an extraordinary new film by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Okazaki presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first -- and hopefully last -- uses of thermonuclear weapons in war. Featuring interviews with fourteen atomic bomb survivors - many who have never spoken publicly before - and four Americans intimately involved in the bombings White Light/Black Rain provides a detailed exploration of the bombings and their aftermath." - Editorial Reviews

Nuclear weapons : what you need to know by Jeremy Bernstein

"Nuclear Weapons is a history of nuclear weapons. From their initial theoretical development at the start of the twentieth century to the recent tests in North Korea, the author seeks to, at each point in the narrative, describe the basic science of nuclear weaponry. At the same time, he offers accounts and anecdotes of the personalities involved, many of whom he has known firsthand. Dr. Bernstein writes in response to what he sees as a widespread misunderstanding throughout the media of the basic workings and potential impact of nuclear weaponry. " - Editorial Reviews

Double trouble : Iran and North Korea as challenges to international security by Patrick M Cronin

“In this informative volume, several policy analysts examine various aspects of these two countries' nuclear programs. Cronin, director of studies at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, introduces the sections on Iran and North Korea with a comparative overview chapter. The book's contributors analyze presumed motivators behind the nuclear course taken by the leadership of Iran and North Korea and offer policy alternatives for engaging both of these countries....Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, and research collections.”–Choice

Nuclear insecurity : understanding the threat from rogue nations and terrorists by Jack Caravelli

"This perspective draws heavily from the author's work on the White House National Security Council Staff (1996-2000), where he was directly responsible to President Clinton for the development of U.S. nuclear material security policies and, subsequently, at the U.S. Department of Energy, where he directed the department's largest international nuclear security program, focused primarily on Russia. " - Editorial Reviews

Iran and the bomb : the abdication of international responsibility by Thérèse Delpech

"The Iranian regime is in the middle of a dangerous nuclear poker game with the West. Drawing on her inside knowledge and experience, Thérèse Delpech provides a hard-hitting analysis of Iran''s intentions and its ability to beguile the international community, often with the aid of China and Russia, two countries eager to benefit from Iran''s acquisition of nuclear weapons. Delpech is one of the world''s leading authorities on international nuclear security, and in this book, she dissects Iran''s …" - Columbia University Press

Failed diplomacy : the tragic story of how North Korea got the bomb by Charles L Pritchard

"North Korea's development of nuclear weapons raises fears of nuclear war on the peninsula and the specter of terrorists gaining access to weapons of mass destruction. It also represents a dangerous and disturbing breakdown in U.S. foreign policy. Failed Diplomacy: The Tragic Story of How North Korea Got the Bomb offers an insider's view of what went wrong and allowed this isolated nation--a charter member of the Axis of Evil--to develop nuclear weapons..." - Editorial Reviews

The seventh decade : the new shape of nuclear danger by Jonathan Schell

"Schell addresses the fundamental questions: How and why has nuclear danger revived? Where are we heading? What can be done? He argues that half measures will no longer suffice, nor will piecemeal solutions that address isolated aspects of the crisis. Offering a comprehensive approach that takes all factors into account, The Seventh Decade calls for a debate, national and global, on the paths away from what still remains the gravest, most urgent of all dangers to humanity." - Editorial Reviews

Deception Pakistan, the United States, and the secret trade in nuclear weapons by Adrian Levy

"Based on hundreds of interviews in the United States, Pakistan, India, Israel, Europe, and Southeast Asia, Deception is a masterwork of reportage and dramatic storytelling by two of the world’s most resourceful investigative journalists. Urgently important, it should stimulate debate and command a reexamination of our national priorities." - Editorial Reviews

Bomb scare : the history and future of nuclear weapons by Joseph Cirincione

"This slim volume is a good introductory text to the history and politics of Nuclear Proliferation and the challenges that face today's non-proliferation. Cirincione's text is clearly written as an introduction to the subject, but he does the reader the favor of not dumbing down the policy aspects of proliferation any more than is necessary for a 157 page survey of the subject." - Eben W. Lindsey

The India-Pakistan nuclear relationship : theories of deterrence and international relations by Eswaran Sridharan

"Conflict resolution and promotion of regional cooperation in South Asia has assumed a new urgency in the aftermath of the nuclear tests by India and Pakistan in 1998, and underlined by the outbreak of fighting in Kargil in 1999, full mobilization on the border during most of 2002, and continued low-intensity warfare and terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. The stability of nuclear deterrence between the two countries is therefore a matter of great urgency and has found a place on the scholarly agenda of security studies in South Asia...." - Editorial Reviews