LAHS - Guide to Nuclear Arms Control Treaties

Below is a brief overview, including reviews, of our newest publication: "A Guide to the Nuclear Arms Control Treaties" by David Thomson.

A Guide to the Nuclear Arms Control Treaties, a 332-page overview of the Cold War nuclear arms buildup and the principal nuclear arms control negotiations and treaties, by David Thomson, is now available as the most recent publication of the Los Alamos Historical Society.

Foreword
Chapter I -- The Nuclear Arms Race
Chapter II -- Historical Overview of Nuclear Arms Control Negotiations
Chapter III -- The Nuclear Test Ban Treaties
Chapter IV -- The NPT and Nonproliferation
Chapter V -- The INF Treaty
Chapter VI -- Verification for Nuclear Arms Control
Chapter VII -- The START I Treaty
Chapter VIII -- The START II Treaty
Chapter IX -- START III and Related FSU Weapons Materials Agreements
Chapter X -- Multilateral Nuclear Arms Control & Future Needs
Seventeen Charts, Twelve Tables, One Figure, Five Appendices
Acknowledgements, Glossary, Extensive References.

The urgent worldwide need to bring nuclear warheads and plutonium under international control and verification is noted. The author concludes with his own recommendations.

What the Experts Say:

³David Thomson¹s book is the best and most comprehensive source for understanding nuclear arms control--its past, present and future -- available today.²
Dr. Steven A. Maaranen, Los Alamos National Laboratory; former Acting Deputy Director
for Strategic Nuclear Arms Control, US Arms Control & Disarmament Agency

³Dave Thomson¹s timely book is an authoritative & engaging account of a subject crucial to national survival--unique as a reference, history and guide to the future.²
Dr. Louis Rosen, Founding Director, Los Alamos Meson Facility , Senior Fellow, and
pioneer in LANL national security studies.

³ .....Thomson¹s book is the best reference on the subject I know for both students and researchers -- clear, comprehensive, well organized.²
Professor Michael May, Director Emeritus, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory;
Professor Emeritus, Center for International Security & Cooperation, Stanford, University.

³This outstanding reference should be on the desk of everyone interested in arms control or nuclear weapons policy.²
Dr. John C. Hopkins, Former Director of the Los Alamos Nuclear Weapons Program;
Former Director of the Center for National Security Studies, LANL.

About the Author:

David B. Thomson holds degrees in physics (BSEP1949; MS,1951; PHD, 1960) , University of Kansas.
He joined the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1951 and participated in five nuclear weapons shots at the Nevada Test Site (1951-53). He worked in nuclear and plasma physics, explosive driven systems, weapons programs, and magnetic fusion. He retired in 1990 and has conducted detailed studies on START I & II   for LANL as a Lab Associate and Guest ,1990-2001.

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