Scott Douglas Sagan

The Limits of Safety

Kenneth Neal Waltz

In The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed, professors Waltz and Sagan resume their well-known dialogue concerning nuclear proliferation and the threat of nuclear war.

A Debate Renewed ; with New Sections on India and Pakistan, Terrorism, and Missile Defense

The Spread of Nuclear Weapons

Two scholars of international politcs debate the issue of nuclear proliferation beyond the superpowers, presenting arguments for "more will be better" and "more will be worse"

A Debate

Shows how targeting decisions have reflected the judgments of various American administrations on what will and won't deter a nuclear attack.

Nuclear Strategy and National Security

Moving Targets

This book presents an analytical account of the causes and dangerous consequences of nuclear proliferation in South Asia.

Inside Nuclear South Asia

James J. Wirtz

Peter René Lavoy

The proliferation of chemical, biologial and nuclear weapons is now the single most serious security concern for governments around the world. This text compares how organisations shape the way leaders intend to employ these armaments.

How New Powers Will Use Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons

Planning the Unthinkable

Environmental tragedies such as Chernobyl and the Exxon Valdez remind us that catastrophic accidents are always possible in a world full of hazardous technologies. Yet, the apparently excellent safety record with nuclear weapons has led scholars, policy-makers, and the public alike to believe that nuclear arsenals can serve as a secure deterrent for the foreseeable future. In this provocative book, Scott Sagan challenges such optimism. Sagan's research into formerly classified archives penetrates the veil of safety that has surrounded U.S. nuclear weapons and reveals a hidden history of frightening "close calls" to disaster.

Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons

In what Stanley Hoffmann, writing in The New York Review of Books, has called a "fine analysis and critique of American targeting policies," Sagan looks more at the operational side of nuclear strategy than previous analysts have done, seeking to bridge the gap between theory and practice.

Scott Douglas Sagan

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