LEADER 04757nam 2200625 450 001 9910812773503321 005 20230807221753.0 010 $a0-8047-9714-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804797146 035 $a(CKB)3710000000468007 035 $a(EBL)3568971 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001544764 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16134652 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001544764 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13563407 035 $a(PQKB)11111977 035 $a(DE-B1597)564586 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804797146 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3568971 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11094644 035 $a(OCoLC)919315687 035 $a(OCoLC)1178770071 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3568971 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000468007 100 $a20151118h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnnu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMy journey at the nuclear brink /$fWilliam J. Perry ; foreword by George P. Shultz 210 1$aStanford, California :$cStanford University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (277 p.) 225 0 $aStanford Security Studies 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-8047-9712-9 311 0 $a0-8047-9681-5 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tForeword --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$t1 The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Nuclear Nightmare --$t2 A Fire in the Sky --$t3 The Rise of the Soviet Missile Threat and the Race for Data to Understand It --$t4 An Original Silicon Valley Entrepreneur and the Advance of Spy Technology --$t5 A Call to Serve --$t6 Implementing the Offset Strategy and the Emergence of Stealth Technology --$t7 Buildup of the US Nuclear Force --$t8 Nuclear Alerts, Arms Control, and Missed Opportunities in Nonproliferation --$t9 The Undersecretary as a Diplomat --$t10 Back in Civilian Life: The Cold War Ends, but the Nuclear Journey Continues --$t11 A Return to Washington: The New Challenge of ?Loose Nukes? and the Lurching Reform of Defense Acquisition --$t12 I Become Secretary of Defense --$t13 Dismantling Nuclear Weapons and Building the Legacy of Nunn-Lugar --$t14 The Crisis with North Korea: Containing an Emerging Nuclear State --$t15 Ratifying Start II and Battling over the Test Ban Treaty --$t16 NATO, Peacekeeping in Bosnia, and the Rise of Security Ties with Russia --$t17 The ?Immaculate Invasion? of Haiti and Forging Ties for Western Hemispheric Security --$t18 The ?Iron Logic? between Military Capability and Quality of Life --$t19 A Farewell to Arms --$t20 The Fall of Security Ties with Russia --$t21 Seeking Common Ground with China, India, Pakistan, and Iran --$t22 The North Korean Policy Review: Triumph and Tragedy --$t23 Fiasco in Iraq: Then and Now --$t24 The Nuclear Security Project: Former ?Cold Warriors? Offer a New Vision --$t25 A Way Forward: Hope for a World without Nuclear Weapons --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aMy Journey at the Nuclear Brink is a continuation of William J. Perry's efforts to keep the world safe from a nuclear catastrophe. It tells the story of his coming of age in the nuclear era, his role in trying to shape and contain it, and how his thinking has changed about the threat these weapons pose. In a remarkable career, Perry has dealt firsthand with the changing nuclear threat. Decades of experience and special access to top-secret knowledge of strategic nuclear options have given Perry a unique, and chilling, vantage point from which to conclude that nuclear weapons endanger our security rather than securing it. This book traces his thought process as he journeys from the Cuban Missile Crisis, to crafting a defense strategy in the Carter Administration to offset the Soviets' numeric superiority in conventional forces, to presiding over the dismantling of more than 8,000 nuclear weapons in the Clinton Administration, and to his creation in 2007, with George Shultz, Sam Nunn, and Henry Kissinger, of the Nuclear Security Project to articulate their vision of a world free from nuclear weapons and to lay out the urgent steps needed to reduce nuclear dangers. 606 $aNuclear weapons$xGovernment policy$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aNuclear arms control$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 615 0$aNuclear weapons$xGovernment policy$xHistory. 615 0$aNuclear arms control$xHistory. 676 $a355.02/17092 700 $aPerry$b William James$f1927-$01626448 702 $aShultz$b George P.$f1920-2021, 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812773503321 996 $aMy journey at the nuclear brink$93972699 997 $aUNINA