Foreword 

Introduction

1 The Problems of Our Time: Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear
Terrorism

2 The Effects of Nuclear Weapons

3 An Overview of International Law and Arms Control

4 The Cornerstone of Security: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty

5 The Political Value of Nuclear Weapons

6 Stopping Nuclear Explosions: The Test Ban

7 Missile Defense

8 Outer Space

9 Cleaning Up After Past Wars: Land Mines and Small Arms

10 Poison Gas and Microbes: Chemical and Biological Weapons

11 Controlling Nuclear Materials: The Situation in Russia

12 Regional Issues: Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East
and Nuclear Weapons in South and Northeast Asia

13 America's Role

Conclusion

Appendices

Index