Weapon Control

A myth-shattering exposé of America’s nuclear weapons. Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America’s nuclear arsenal. A groundbreaking account of accidents, near misses, extraordinary heroism, and technological breakthroughs...

The emergence of autonomous weapons systems—commonly referred to as "killer robots" in popular discourse—represents one of the most consequential technological developments in modern warfare. These systems, capable of selecting and engaging targets without direct human control, are not merely theoretical constructs but increasingly tangible realities that demand urgent examination of their profound implications for international security, conflict dynamics, and the very nature of warfare itself. Let us consider this in the book

Mushroom Cloud, a fact-based historical novel, is the first book of The First Strike Trilogy: USA and the Soviet Union are building nuclear arms for a face off in a potential nuclear war in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. "This novel is so important for everyone who cares about nuclear disarmament because as philosopher George Santayana wrote: 'Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.'" ~ Melissa Burch, Bestselling & Award Winning Author My Journey Through War and Peace For a decade, Dr. Caleb Young, a gifted physicist and chief science officer for the CIA, had shaded ...

Based on newly discovered, secret documents from German archives, diaries and newspapers of the time, Gun Control in the Third Reich presents the definitive, yet hidden history of how the Nazi regime made use of gun control to disarm and repress its enemies and consolidate power. The countless...

Nearly 30 years after the end of the Cold War, today's world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, and exchanging threats of nuclear strikes. To survive this new atomic age, we must relearn the lessons of the most dangerous moment of the Cold War: the Cuban missile crisis. Serhii Plokhy offers an international perspective on the crisis, tracing the tortuous decision-making that produced and then resolved it, which involved John Kennedy and his advisers, Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro, and their commanders on the ground.

The Doomsday Machine is Ellsberg's hair-raising insider's account of the most dangerous arms buildup in the history of civilization, whose legacy - and renewal under the Obama administration - threatens the very survival of humanity. It is scarcely possible to estimate the true dangers of our present nuclear policies without penetrating the secret realities of the nuclear strategy of the late Eisenhower and early Kennedy years, when Ellsberg had high-level access to them.

Amanda Adams is a brilliant research student on the verge of breaking. Crushed by her doctoral thesis and driven by an impossible, icy-cold mentor, she’ll do anything for an edge. When the formidable Professor Smithson offers her a "gift", a private-stock vitamin mist to manage the stress, Amanda gratefully accepts. The relief is immediate. The sharp, adult world of deadlines and data melts into a warm, fuzzy, simple haze. For the first time, her anxiety is gone. She’s sleeping soundly… even if she keeps waking up with her thumb in her mouth. But the "gift" demands a price. Complex ...

This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century. It shows how militaries that successfully pursue disruptive innovation can gain a major advantage over their rivals, while those that fail to do so risk exposing their countries to great danger.

On September 23, 1949, President Harry S. Truman announced that an atomic explosion had occurred in the Soviet Union. Over the next few days, The New York Times and Washington Post ran articles discussing the timing of the explosion, its impact on military aid to Europe, and subsequent calls for international atomic control.

You can’t defeat what you tolerate. And you can’t cast out what you refuse to discern. The Ahab and Jezebel spirit is not a story, it’s a system. A spiritual agenda designed to silence prophets, destroy families, weaken prayer altars, and dethrone spiritual authority. And it’s likely hiding in places you haven’t even looked. Discerning and Defeating the Ahab and Jezebel Spirit exposes this demonic partnership and its influence in churches, marriages, governments, and bloodlines. This is not just a teaching, it’s a confrontation. Inside, you’ll learn: How Jezebel spirits ...

Carnage Control – Surviving The Gun God The United States of America is awash in guns with over 270,000,000 in the hands of private individuals. Gun violence and deaths happen at an alarming pace every day and recently, stunning acts of mass shootings have staggered the public’s sensibilities. The final straw may have been the killing of 27 people, including 20 six and seven year old students when Adam Lanza attacked Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut armed with a semiautomatic assault style rifle in December, 2012. Public outrage has led to a renewed effort to curb ...

Non-proliferation is the attempt to prevent the spread of nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) weapons through international treaties and cooperative efforts to control NBC related technologies. The 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) acknowledged five nuclear power states and declared that other nations who joined the treaty would forego development of nuclear weapons. It implied the ultimate goal of all nations to be free of nuclear weapons. To enforce this treaty the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) conducts inspections of a nation’s declared nuclear related facilities...

In this “engrossing, well-documented, and highly readable” (San Francisco Chronicle) New York Times bestseller, three veteran reporters draw on top sources inside and outside the U.S. government to reveal Washington's secret strategies for combating germ warfare and the deadly threat of...

Finding Designated Ground Zero, a fact-based historical novel, is the second book of The First Strike Trilogy: the U-2 spy plane soaring 70,000 feet above the earth well out of the reach of Soviet SAMs until May 1, 1960, when Francis Gary Powers was shot down near Sverdlovsk shaking the Eisenhower administration's plans for detente and moving the two superpowers ever closer to a nuclear confrontation. "The powerful imagery brought the horrors and terror of the Cold War and nuclear war as a whole made this a truly atmospheric read." ~ Anthony AvinaCIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia Office ...

Emma Fernández lost her daughter in a school shooting in which a man with an assault weapon killed eleven children and their teacher plus the security guard. She copes with her loss by committing herself to the mission of getting Congress to ban assault weapons. She testifies before a House committee to support a bill that would ban such weapons, she joins two national organizations with gun-control missions, and she participates in a major demonstration in Washington to end gun violence. But Congress does nothing, and in the meantime there are almost two mass shootings per day in America....

Armageddon, a fact-based historical novel, is the third book of The First Strike Trilogy: A high-stakes race against time and politics unfolds in this gripping historical account of SIOP-62, revisit the tension of a pending nuclear attack, at a time when the safety of the entire world is in peril. “As the Cold War tensions escalated and President Kennedy grappled with the Berlin crisis, Dr. Young became entangled in the web of political intrigue, deception, and nuclear brinksmanship. Yeggy's narrative explores the complexities of international relations, military strategy, and the ...

After escaping Lengard and finding sanctuary with the Remnants, Alyssa Scott is desperate to save those she left behind - and the rest of the world - from the power-hungry scientist Kendall Vanik. But secrets and lies block her at every turn, and soon Lyss is questioning everything she has ever believed. When long-lost memories begin to surface and the mysteries of her past continue to grow, Lyss battles to retain her hard-won control.

Gavin reassesses the strategy of flexible response, the influence of nuclear weapons during the Berlin Crisis, the origins of and motivations for US nuclear nonproliferation policy, and how to assess the nuclear dangers we face today. Archival evidence makes it clear that decision makers were more concerned about underlying geopolitical questions than about the strategic dynamic between two nuclear superpowers.

Do scientists speak truth to power? During the Cold War, a group of American strategists and science advisors claimed to do precisely that. Styling themselves as figures of rationality and restraint, they insisted that mutual assured destruction was the natural logic of the atomic age: as long as nuclear deterrence was credible, no one would ever shoot first. This doctrine, known as "strategic stability," became the foundation of the arms control movement. But in this counterhistory, Benjamin Wilson shows that we have misunderstood them and their efforts.

She lost freedom in pursuit of liberty. How can she survive her enslavement? Shila was an average person pursuing her life goals. Things went sideways when some people considered her to be above average level and tried to pull her down and pull her back. The struggle to move forward and upward made her lose control over her own life. She kept moving from one personal wish to another professional goal. Though she often became a victim in the process, yet she embraced the brutal process destroying the lives and the values that hold society together. Will she keep breathing as a zombie trapped...