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I wouldn't say that Bracken is a Pollyanna on the subject of the future of nuclear weapons, but he makes a compelling argument that whether we love the bomb or not, we'll be living with it for the foreseeable future, and if we don't think about what that means for our engagements with other nations then we're likely to find ourselves making major decision at times of crisis. The recent nuclear arms agreement with Iran might change some of the calculations a bit, but much of what's discussed is as relevant now as it was at the time of publication.
Everything you think you know is mostly wrong. Nuclear weapons still matter to everyone else, if not the United States. Bracken gives an excellent explanation why.
Clear, concise, accessible introduction to the problems of nuclear weapons in the twenty-first century. Bracken rightly argues that a world with as many as nine nuclear powers - varying in wealth and power - will look very different than the cold war and we need to update our thinking about nuclear weapons accordingly. Wished for more detail in some places but for a broad overview very good.