Apocalypse never : forging the path to a nuclear weapon-free world / Tad Daley.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Apocalypse soon? -- The essence of the problem: America's nuclear hypocrisy -- The nightmare of nuclear terror -- Accidental atomic apocalypse -- Nuclear crisis mismanagement: "there would be no learning curve" -- Intentional use: the nuclear legacy of George W. Bush -- The grand bargain of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, and the rules of the nuclear game today -- Nuclear weapons are militarily unnecessary and militarily useless. for us. -- The architecture of a nuclear weapon-free world -- Breakout: could someone cheat and rule the world? -- How it might happen: transforming abolition from a utopian fantasy into a concrete political goal -- Apocalypse never.

"Tad Daley has performed a truly rare feat. He doesn't offer the same tired survey of Iran and North Korea and the contemporary nuclear landscape. Instead, he convinces the reader completely that the only possible solution to the threat of nuclear annihilation is the abolition of nuclear weapons."