New Nuclear Threat: Nuclear Weapons in Space, the Power of the Arms Industry, and George W. Bush's First-Strike Strategy

In New Nuclear Danger, Helen Caldicott makes it clear that a global anti-nuclear movement is more necessary than ever. The US spends more on nuclear weapons each year than it did during the Cold War, and more than the rest of the world combined. They also want to station nuclear weapons in space. Behind the scenes, the arms industry exerts a great deal of influence on American politics: former top executives of arms manufacturers are in the current administration. The earlier promise that America would never be the first to use nuclear weapons has been withdrawn and replaced by George W. Bush's first-strike strategy. In all this, it seems to be forgotten that when the first nuclear weapons are fired, the 'battlefield' will disappear.