Endangered Species: How We Can Avoid Mass Destruction and Build a Lasting Peace

by Stephen M. Younger

Book Overview

A former nuclear weapons designer, Stephen M. Younger understands, as few others can, humankind's potential for violence. He knows that the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction means that any nation, group, or even individual could cause unimaginable carnage--and the accelerating pace of communications and transportation means that things can happen faster than we can think about them.

In Endangered Species, Younger peers into the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061139521
• ISBN13: 9780061139529
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

This is a very important book!

Stephen M. Younger writes with clarity and authority about the danger of mass destruction in an increasingly multipolar and asymmetrical world. He is pragmatic yet optimistic that we can successfully navigate through an incredibly dangerous epoch. His style is fluid, pithy and memorable as illustrated by his observation - "Hope is not a plan."