Bundy, McGeorge

Danger and survival : choices about the bomb in the first fifty years by McGeorge Bundy ( Book )
13 editions published between 1988 and 1991 in English and Chinese and held by 1,601 libraries worldwide
"A book that...addresses the singlemost important issue of modern times, 'Danger and Survival' is the most comprehensive political history of the nuclear bomb ever written, a major work encompassing the events from the discover of fission in 1938 to the superpower summitry of 1988....Beginning with Franklin Roosevelt's lonely decision that the United States must be first in the field and ending with hopeful judgement that our chance of avoiding nuclear catastrophe is better now....Bundy gives particular attention to the most dangerous confrontations...Kurshchev's challenges in Berlin and the Cuban Missile crisis. As John F. Kennedy's assistant for national security, he was intensely engaged in both crises....He reveals new facts....In addition...'Danger and Survival' closely examines those of other states: the forces that have brought nuclear arsenals to Britain, France, China, and Israel....We gain new understanding of the motives of Charles de Gaulle, Mao Zedong, and David Ben Gurion....Has it [the bomb] increased their international power and prestige? Have the Japanese and West Germans suffered politically because they lack the bomb? These are among the questions Bundy explores....After reviewing the absence of great crices in recent years...Bundy concludes that this fifty-year history gives reason to believe that with courage and prudence we can continue to reduce nuclear danger, step by step...."

On active service in peace and war by Henry L Stimson ( Book )
23 editions published between 1947 and 1993 in English and French and held by 1,551 libraries worldwide

The strength of government by McGeorge Bundy ( Book )
7 editions published between 1968 and 2000 in English and held by 923 libraries worldwide
Based on the Godkin lectures delivered at Harvard University in March 1968, presents a discussion of the current political situation in the United States

The pattern of responsibility by Dean Acheson ( Book )
8 editions published between 1951 and 1972 in English and held by 780 libraries worldwide

The dimensions of diplomacy by E. A. J Johnson ( Book )
4 editions published between 1964 and 1967 in English and held by 760 libraries worldwide

Reducing nuclear danger : the road away from the brink by McGeorge Bundy ( Book )
4 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 506 libraries worldwide
The end of the U.S.-Soviet standoff and the increasing risk of political adventurers such as Saddam Hussein developing nuclear capability have profoundly altered the shape of global nuclear danger. In Reducing Nuclear Danger, three of America's top experts on nuclear affairs offer a thoughtful prescription for effective international action to cut existing nuclear arsenals and to prevent further proliferation. They argue that the United States must take a cooperative leadership role to achieve worldwide control of nuclear weapons. The immediate tasks to this end are to execute the already agreed-upon reductions in U.S. and Russian forces, ensure that Russia remains the only nuclear state of the former Soviet Union, and substantially strengthen the international efforts against the spread of nuclear weapons. The authors favor adopting a strict doctrine of using nuclear weapons only as a "defensive last resort," along with other specific changes in current policy. Prominent in their prescriptions is an eventual drastic reduction of the current Russian-American warhead ceilings. They also advocate a new policy for American leaders - toward other nations as well as the American people - of open public explanation of nuclear danger. This important and insightful book on the current nuclear danger should be read by all citizens with an interest in resolving what remains our greatest global risk, at a time of unprecedented opportunity.

U.S. interests and global natural resources : energy, minerals, food ( Book )
3 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 479 libraries worldwide

Presidential promises and performance by McGeorge Bundy ( Book )
3 editions published in 1980 in English and held by 397 libraries worldwide

Zero hour; a summons to the free ( Book )
2 editions published in 1940 in English and held by 338 libraries worldwide

The polity of discussion : Bagehot's Physics and Politics revisited in the nuclear age by McGeorge Bundy ( Book )
1 edition published in 1980 in English and held by 52 libraries worldwide