Friends know that I love shopping for used books. A few of my friends share my obsession, notably physicist Götz Neuneck (and, yes, that is a heavy metal umlaut). By far, my greatest used book pick up was a 1962 copy of Glasstone and Dolan, Effects of Nuclear Weapons complete with nuclear weapons effect computer …
Greetings from Sedona
by | 2006-06-17 | 4 Comments
I am in Sedona, Arizona through Wednesday, as a guest of the Stanley Foundation. As you can see from the picture of my Casita snuggled against the mountains, Sedona is cold and overcast. Sometimes, it is so tough to be a wonk.
Survival Secrets for Atomic Attacks
by | 2006-06-14 | 9 Comments
Michael Katz Hyman sends along this brilliantly funny manual, NSRB DOC. 130 Survival Under Atomic Attack (1950). Remember kids, “Beyond 2 miles, the explosion will cause practically no deaths at all.” The atomic age inspired all sorts of “you can survive” silliness, including this story from Friend of Wonk Stephen Schwartz: My favorite story concerns …
Mahley On Libya
by | 2006-06-13 | 3 Comments
A couple of weeks ago, Judy Miller made a passing reference to “a ‘Lessons Learned’ paper for an arms-control newsletter” written by Ambassador Donald Mahley, Senior WMD Representative in Libya. I was like, what Lessons Learned paper? So was Kerr. Turns out, Mahley penned an article for The Arena, a publication of the now defunct …
