The Challenges of Nuclear Non-Proliferation

Richard D. Burns is professor emeritus and former chair of the History Department at California State University, where is also was the director of the Center for the Study of Armament and Disarmament. Philip E. Coyle III was associate director for national security and international affairs in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He is a senior science fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, a security study center based in Washington, DC.

Introduction
Glossary of Acronyms
Chapter 1: The Nuclear Weapon States
Chapter 2: Seeking to Prevent Nuclear Proliferation: Baruch Plan, Atoms for Peace, IAEA
Chapter 3: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Origins and Evolution
Chapter 4: Nuclear Test Bans to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
Chapter 5: Seeking Control of Nuclear Weapons Materials
Chapter 6: Geographical Denuclearization: Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones
Chapter 7: “Proliferation in Reverse”: Cooperative/Restraining Measures
Chapter 8: Foregoing Nuclear Weapons: Then and Now
Chapter 9: Assessing the Nonproliferation Regime
Selected References