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Arms control literature: A one stop shop

As part of the Wonk’s public service role, let me bring to your attention an outstanding resource letter, “Physics and Society: Nuclear Arms Control”, that was published by Alex Glaser and Zia Mian in the January edition of the American Journal of Physics (vol. 76, no. 1, pp. 5—14 to be precise). It’s a great list of key arms control texts—but, unfortunately, I think it is only available to AJP subscribers.

Actually, this reminds me of a (vaguely) funny story. I ordered a copy of Alan Krass’ excellent book Verification: How Much Is Enough? off Amazon Marketplace last year. And, judging by the inscription in the front cover, the copy I got used to belong to noted BW and CW arms control expert Raymond Zilinskas! Makes you realize what a small world the arms control community is.

UPDATE: Yes, the AJP article is freely available—from here to be exact!

James Acton

Writing on ACW 2007–2010

James M. Acton is co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program and senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment. A physicist by training, Acton specializes in deterrence, disarmament, nonproliferation, and nuclear energy. His current research focuses on the nuclear fuel cycle in Japan and hypersonic conventional weapons.

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