It Is Possible: A Future Without Nuclear Weapons

The most intelligent, comprehensive, and compelling argument ever advanced against nuclear weapons.—George Lee Butler, US Air Force (ret.), former commander in chief, USSTRATCOMIn this stunning, breakthrough work, Ward Wilson brilliantly dismantles the false claims about nuclear weapons that have kept a nuclear sword of Damocles over our heads for so long.—Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of nuclear weapons.If you only ever read one book about nuclear weapons, let it be this one.— Emma Pike, Nuclear disarmament consultant & activistProvides the inspiration people need to eliminate these weapons.—Beatrice Fihn, Executive Director of ICAN and Nobel Peace Prize LaureateArguably the most important contribution to the debate over the efficacy/fallacy of nuclear deterrence ever written.—Martin Sherwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of nuclear weaponsYou owe it to yourself to read this remarkable message of hope.—Joe Morris Doss, Episcopal Bishop (ret.)The world doesn’t need nuclear weapons and this book proves this fact clearly and firmly.—Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Iranian judge, activist, founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, and Nobel Peace Prize laureateFor the better part of a century, presidents, government bodies, admirals, academics, journalists, and ordinary people alike have largely accepted the necessity of nuclear weapons. But what are the historical, political, and technological assumptions that underlie this widely shared belief, and do they hold water? What if the value of nuclear weapons has been overestimated and overstated? What if the elimination of nuclear weapons is not only possible, but actually prudent and practical?Endorsed by Nobel Peace Prize laureates, former presidents, military leaders, Pulitzer Prize-winning historians, and more, It Is Possible lays out a practical, pragmatic pathway to eliminating nuclear weapons. Each accessibly written chapter addresses a key issue in the nuclear weapons debate, from the political failures of the anti-nuclear movement to the fundamental ineffectuality of the weapons themselves and from the historical framing that continues to shape our current understanding to the new grassroots movement needed to change both minds and policies. It Is Possible arms readers with the knowledge, skills, and inspiration needed to eliminate one of the most dangerous threats to our shared civilization. Read more