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'''''The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger''''' is a 2007 book by ]. It is described as a provocative book which explores the threat posed by some new nuclear policies of the United States.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last=Walker |first=Martin |date=November 25, 2007 |title=Smoking Guns and Mushroom Clouds - Books About Nuclear Proliferation by Jonathan Schell and Richard Rhodes - Book Review |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/books/review/Walker-t.html |accessdate=2008-11-12 |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Freedman |first=Lawrence D. |date=May–June 2008 |title=Review of ''The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger'' |url=http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080501fashortreview87323/jonathan-schell/the-seventh-decade-the-new-shape-of-nuclear-danger.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906125317/http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080501fashortreview87323/jonathan-schell/the-seventh-decade-the-new-shape-of-nuclear-danger.html |archivedate=2008-09-06 |accessdate=2008-11-12 |work=Foreign Affairs}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Miles |first=Jim |date=February 11, 2008 |title=Book Review: The Seventh Decade |url=http://www.politicalaffairs.net/book-review-the-seventh-decade/ |accessdate=2020-12-15 |work=Political Affairs Magazine}}</ref> '''''The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger''''' is a 2007 book by ]. It is described{{By whom|date=November 2024}} as a provocative book which explores the threat posed by some new nuclear policies{{which|date=November 2024}} of the United States.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last=Walker |first=Martin |date=November 25, 2007 |title=Smoking Guns and Mushroom Clouds - Books About Nuclear Proliferation by Jonathan Schell and Richard Rhodes - Book Review |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/books/review/Walker-t.html |accessdate=2008-11-12 |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Freedman |first=Lawrence D. |date=May–June 2008 |title=Review of ''The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger'' |url=http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080501fashortreview87323/jonathan-schell/the-seventh-decade-the-new-shape-of-nuclear-danger.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906125317/http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080501fashortreview87323/jonathan-schell/the-seventh-decade-the-new-shape-of-nuclear-danger.html |archivedate=2008-09-06 |accessdate=2008-11-12 |work=Foreign Affairs}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Miles |first=Jim |date=February 11, 2008 |title=Book Review: The Seventh Decade |url=http://www.politicalaffairs.net/book-review-the-seventh-decade/ |accessdate=2020-12-15 |work=Political Affairs Magazine}}</ref>


Schell argues that "a revolution in nuclear affairs has occurred under the watch of the Bush administration", including a historic embrace of a first-strike policy and the development of new generations of ]. Schell contends that this policy has provoked weapons proliferation in ], ], and elsewhere; accelerated global trafficking in nuclear weapons; and advanced ].<ref name=NYT/><ref> at Powells.com</ref> Schell argues that "a revolution in nuclear affairs has occurred under the watch of the Bush administration", including a historic embrace of a first-strike policy and the development of new generations of ]. Schell says that this policy has provoked weapons proliferation in ], ], and elsewhere; accelerated global trafficking in nuclear weapons; and advanced ].<ref name=NYT/><ref> at Powells.com</ref>


==References== ==References==

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2007 book by Jonathan Schell
The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger
AuthorJonathan Schell
PublisherMetropolitan Books, an imprint of Henry Holt & Company
Publication dateNovember 2007
Pages272pp
ISBN978-0-8050-8129-9
OCLC122701842
Dewey Decimal355.02/170973 22
LC ClassU264.3 .S43 2007

The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger is a 2007 book by Jonathan Schell. It is described as a provocative book which explores the threat posed by some new nuclear policies of the United States.

Schell argues that "a revolution in nuclear affairs has occurred under the watch of the Bush administration", including a historic embrace of a first-strike policy and the development of new generations of nuclear weapons. Schell says that this policy has provoked weapons proliferation in Iran, North Korea, and elsewhere; accelerated global trafficking in nuclear weapons; and advanced nuclear terrorism.

References

  1. ^ Walker, Martin (November 25, 2007). "Smoking Guns and Mushroom Clouds - Books About Nuclear Proliferation by Jonathan Schell and Richard Rhodes - Book Review". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
  2. Freedman, Lawrence D. (May–June 2008). "Review of The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger". Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
  3. Miles, Jim (February 11, 2008). "Book Review: The Seventh Decade". Political Affairs Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  4. The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger at Powells.com

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