Ending the Nuclear Arms Race A Physicist's Quest

"Engagingly written and fullof fascinating stories. Von Hippels memoir will be of value to anyoneinterested in the history of the Cold War, the nuclear arms race, and therelationship between science and public policyand anyone curious about howinformed citizens can make an impact on crucial questions of policy." MatthewEvangelista, Cornell UniversityFrank N. von Hippel shares his remarkable journey as a key figure in the history of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy, illuminating the far-reaching consequences of nuclear accidents and the devastating impact of "limited" nuclear war.Speakingout about the dangers of nuclear power, leading the opposition againstplutonium breeder reactors, meeting with Soviet leaders and colleagues such asMikhail Gorbachev and physicist and human rights advocate Andrei Sakharov,serving as chair of the Federation of American Scientists, von Hippel played apivotal role in the nuclear freeze movement. He was also involved inestablishing the in-country monitoring of the Soviet Union''s unilateral nucleartest moratorium in the mid-1980s. His book offers an intimate look at thecomplex world of nuclear arms control from the 1980s to the present.CONTENTS:Searching for a Way to Contribute.At Stanford During the Vietnam War.Nuclear Reactor Accidents.Consequences of "Limited" Nuclear War.President Carter and the "Plutonium Economy."Chernobyl.Automobile Energy Efficiency."Freezing" the Nuclear Arms Race.Monitoring Gorbachev''s Nuclear Test Moratorium.Andrei Sakharov and the 1987 Moscow Nuclear Disarmament Conference.End of the Nuclear Arms Race.Nuclear Warhead Detection: The Black Sea Experiment.Velikhov''s 1986 Glasnost Tour.End of the Cold War.Losing the Peace.Cleaning Up After the Cold War. Fifteen More US Nuclear Tests?Working in the White House to Secure Russia''s Nuclear Materials.Nuclear Nonproliferation and Space-Reactor Safety.Time to Rejoin the Outside World.The International Panel on Fissile Materials.Stopping the G. W. Bush Administration''s Reprocessing Initiative.Fukushima and Spent Fuel Pool Fires.Obama, China, and Iran.Looking Forward.Looking Back.