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Plenty of treatises have been written admonishing countries to restrain their nuclear technology and development; but Reiss' title provides a case for nonproliferation with a difference, drawing on hundreds of interviews with senior officials around the world to present information on exactly how politics and international relationships have pushed arms limits.
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"Reiss worked for the National Security Council on nonproliferation issues and thus brings a wealth of inside information to this study. Reiss examines nine countries that have voluntarily constrained, frozen, or eliminated their nuclear weapons programs. These counties are South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Belorus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, India, Pakistan, and North Korea... Reiss has added an important contribution to the research of nuclear nonproliferation and shown us that occasionally deproliferation is a viable policy option." -- Kevin J. Lasher, Presidential Studies Quarterly
"Drawing on hundreds of interviews with officials in several nations and previously classified information, Mr. Reiss explains why nine countries -- South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, India, Pakistan, and North Korea -- have either capped, curtailed, or rolled back their nuclear weapons programs." -- Lawrence J. Korb, New York Times
"Michael Reiss's work is an excellent, detailed and well-documented story of why some states... have subsequently abandoned their nuclear ambitions." -- NOD and Conversion
Bridled Ambition : Why Countries Constrain Their Nuclear Capabilities (Woodrow Wilson Center Special Studies)
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