Book Reviews | Arms Control Association

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Arms Control Today reviews of recent books on the subject of arms control, nonproliferation, and international security. Shorter reviews of books can be found in the Books of Note section. To purchase any of these books, please visit our Arms Control Today Reviewed Books list on Amazon.com, who will share a portion of sales revenue with the Arms Control Association.

Deterrence Under Uncertainty: Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear War

Reviewed by Herbert Lin

January 2025
Weapons in Space: Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative

Reviewed by Joe Cirincione

July 2024
Nuclear War: A Scenario

Reviewed by Tom Z. Collina

June 2024
Apocalypse Television: How ‘The Day After’ Helped End the Cold War

Reviewed by Vincent Intondi

March 2024
AI and the Bomb: Nuclear Strategy and Risk in the Digital Age

Reviewed by Douglas B. Shaw

December 2023
Managing U.S. Nuclear Operations in the 21st Century

Reviewed by Amy F. Woolf

October 2023
Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program

Reviewed by Sharon Squassoni

June 2023
Inheriting the Bomb: The Collapse of the USSR and the Nuclear Disarmament of Ukraine

Reviewed by Douglas B. Shaw

April 2023
Striking Asymmetries: Nuclear Transitions in Southern Asia

Reviewed by Manpreet Sethi

March 2023
The Hegemon’s Tool Kit: US Leadership and the Politics of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime

Reviewed by Douglas B. Shaw

December 2022