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miguelf's review
4.0
Solid overview of current and past approaches toward nuclear arms usage with an emphasis on current policy and recommendations to lessen the very deadly and world-ending mistake of a nuclear engagement. The author specifically went into the most frightening aspects of having a complete moron in charge of the nuclear football via the 45th President, and presented other options for approaching arms and proliferation that were sound and will hopefully one day be put into action.
modernstoic's review
5.0
Nuclear weapons are something that most people have accepted as something that is here to stay. We have grow complacent with the status quo.
The authors outlines how WMD came into being, the history of WMD in Washington & Moscow/Soviet Union, the treaties/deals struck to reduce WMD, and the golden opportunities to reduce nuclear war that were never reached.
No president have ever behaved in a perfect way regarding WMD, so each president is criticized (constructively imo) over their policies (or lack of). In this book Trump is criticized more harshly. I'm not educated enough on this topic to know if this was fair or not, but it is something to note.
This book has a fair criticism of USA's current/past behavior/policy regarding WMD (missile defense, etc). On top of that, it outlines what should be done instead in a simple clear way.
It unfortunately is easy to manipulate uneducated people to support policies that are good on the surface, but terrible in reality (such as Anti ballistic missile defense, etc). Some good policies are counterintuitive (removing all ICBMs). To compound this, nuclear war is still very unlikely, so people get complacent and they don't care. To get effective changes that makes the world safer also requires an educated (educated on WMD), dedicated, and popular president who is willing to go against the flow. However, anything that increase the possibility of nuclear holocaust should receive some focused attention from the public.
I highly recommend this book.
The authors outlines how WMD came into being, the history of WMD in Washington & Moscow/Soviet Union, the treaties/deals struck to reduce WMD, and the golden opportunities to reduce nuclear war that were never reached.
No president have ever behaved in a perfect way regarding WMD, so each president is criticized (constructively imo) over their policies (or lack of). In this book Trump is criticized more harshly. I'm not educated enough on this topic to know if this was fair or not, but it is something to note.
This book has a fair criticism of USA's current/past behavior/policy regarding WMD (missile defense, etc). On top of that, it outlines what should be done instead in a simple clear way.
It unfortunately is easy to manipulate uneducated people to support policies that are good on the surface, but terrible in reality (such as Anti ballistic missile defense, etc). Some good policies are counterintuitive (removing all ICBMs). To compound this, nuclear war is still very unlikely, so people get complacent and they don't care. To get effective changes that makes the world safer also requires an educated (educated on WMD), dedicated, and popular president who is willing to go against the flow. However, anything that increase the possibility of nuclear holocaust should receive some focused attention from the public.
I highly recommend this book.
alexan13's review against another edition
3.0
This book is well-written, easily digestible, and frames its argument clearly and cohesively, but I wish it would have taken a more nuanced and thorough approach towards addressing different counterarguments.
modernstoic's review against another edition
5.0
Nuclear weapons are something that most people have accepted as something that is here to stay. We have grow complacent with the status quo.
The authors outlines how WMD came into being, the history of WMD in Washington & Moscow/Soviet Union, the treaties/deals struck to reduce WMD, and the golden opportunities to reduce nuclear war that were never reached.
No president have ever behaved in a perfect way regarding WMD, so each president is criticized (constructively imo) over their policies (or lack of). In this book Trump is criticized more harshly. I'm not educated enough on this topic to know if this was fair or not, but it is something to note.
This book has a fair criticism of USA's current/past behavior/policy regarding WMD (missile defense, etc). On top of that, it outlines what should be done instead in a simple clear way.
It unfortunately is easy to manipulate uneducated people to support policies that are good on the surface, but terrible in reality (such as Anti ballistic missile defense, etc). Some good policies are counterintuitive (removing all ICBMs). To compound this, nuclear war is still very unlikely, so people get complacent and they don't care. To get effective changes that makes the world safer also requires an educated (educated on WMD), dedicated, and popular president who is willing to go against the flow. However, anything that increase the possibility of nuclear holocaust should receive some focused attention from the public.
I highly recommend this book.
The authors outlines how WMD came into being, the history of WMD in Washington & Moscow/Soviet Union, the treaties/deals struck to reduce WMD, and the golden opportunities to reduce nuclear war that were never reached.
No president have ever behaved in a perfect way regarding WMD, so each president is criticized (constructively imo) over their policies (or lack of). In this book Trump is criticized more harshly. I'm not educated enough on this topic to know if this was fair or not, but it is something to note.
This book has a fair criticism of USA's current/past behavior/policy regarding WMD (missile defense, etc). On top of that, it outlines what should be done instead in a simple clear way.
It unfortunately is easy to manipulate uneducated people to support policies that are good on the surface, but terrible in reality (such as Anti ballistic missile defense, etc). Some good policies are counterintuitive (removing all ICBMs). To compound this, nuclear war is still very unlikely, so people get complacent and they don't care. To get effective changes that makes the world safer also requires an educated (educated on WMD), dedicated, and popular president who is willing to go against the flow. However, anything that increase the possibility of nuclear holocaust should receive some focused attention from the public.
I highly recommend this book.
miguelf's review against another edition
4.0
Solid overview of current and past approaches toward nuclear arms usage with an emphasis on current policy and recommendations to lessen the very deadly and world-ending mistake of a nuclear engagement. The author specifically went into the most frightening aspects of having a complete moron in charge of the nuclear football via the 45th President, and presented other options for approaching arms and proliferation that were sound and will hopefully one day be put into action.
dwaugh23's review against another edition
4.0
Bought this after hearing a podcast with the author. I think it was on the Same Harris podcast. Highly recommend both.