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The article is a book review of "Communicating with Intelligence: Writing and Briefing for National Security" by M. Patrick Hendrix and James S. Major. The book addresses the differences between intelligence communication and other forms of writing, emphasizing the importance of bottom-line-up-front communication. It provides clear explanations and exercises for improving intelligence writing skills, with chapters on research methods, analysis, prewriting, drafting, revising, and citing sources. The book is recommended for university courses on intelligence analysis or for analysts looking to enhance their writing abilities. However, the section on intelligence briefing is not as strong as the rest of the book. Overall, the book is a valuable resource for improving writing skills in the field of intelligence. [Extracted from the article]

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2017 and entered into force in January 2021, was the end product of a highly effective partnership of non-nuclear weapons states, civil society, and international organizations who engaged in a "humanitarian initiative" to advance the goal of nuclear disarmament. 3 Kmentt, 30. 4 Kmentt, 56. 5 Kmentt, 3. 6 Kmentt, 20. 7 Acheson, 183; Kmentt, 31. 8 Kmentt, 99. 9 Kmentt, 124. [Extracted from the article]

This article reviews several government documents on a variety of subjects. Among the subjects of books reviewed are: energy efficient homes; U.S. intelligence capabilities to prevent a weapon of mass destruction attack; U.S. dietary guidelines; drug abuse; and sexual violence in military schools.

Political historian Justin T. McPhee's aim is to clarify the "means, forms, and conditions" of the occurrence of politicization. McPhee's analysis of the pre-Iraq War intelligence imbroglio, for example, which one commentator notes is a "yardstick" for the subject is prone to its own hindsight bias, or perhaps even in like manner to partisan fodder. [Extracted from the article]

Yet the veneration of military waste as souvenirs in civilian hands is missing from Reno's narrative, almost as conspicuously as his sparse treatment of police militarization and government disposal policies. Few people realize how connected the U.S. military is to orbital debris, but Reno fails to narrow his inquiry to a specific object, such as the development of a Cold War-era satellite. For example, in Chapter 4 Reno explores space junk and the militarization of science. [Extracted from the article]

Reviews the book "Nuclear Illusion and Reality," by Solly Zuckerman.

For Sherwin, Kennedy's contradictory actions reflected courage and high purpose in resolving the missile crisis but pettiness toward a political rival whom he could not bear to credit "for pointing the way to his greatest foreign policy achievement" (p. 244). Only the sustained primacy of nuclear weapons in geopolitical competition, Sherwin argues, can explain Khrushchev's "wild, brilliant gamble" (p. 183) in choosing strategic nuclear missiles to defend the Cuban Revolution. Gambling with Armageddon: Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1945-1962, by Martin J. Sherwin. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book "Unfit for the Future: The Need for Moral Enhancement" by Ingmar Persson and Julian Savulescu.

Atomic Assistance: How “Atoms for Peace” Programs Cause Nuclear Insecurity,by Matthew Fuhrmann, Cornell University Press, 2012, 344 pages, $29.95. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "International Law and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction," by Daniel H. Joyner.

The article reviews the book "WMD Terrorism: Science and Policy Choices," edited by Stephen M. Maurer.

The article reviews the book "Jihadists and Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Growing Threat," edited by Gary Ackerman and Jeremy Tamsett.

The article reviews the book "The WMD Mirage: Iraq's Decade of Deception and America's False Premise for War," by Craig R. Whitney.

The article reviews the book "Disarming Iraq," by Hans Blix.

The article reviews the book "The Greatest Threat: Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Crisis in Global Security," by Richard Butler.

Reviews the book 'The Greatest Threat: Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Crisis of Global Security,' by Richard Butler.

A review of the book “Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy,” by Cathy O'Neil, is presented.

The article reviews the book "Dew of Death: The Story of Lewisite, America's World War I Weapon of Mass Destruction," by Joel A. Vilensky and Pandy R. Sinish.

Reviews the book "Weapons of Mass Destruction: Soft Power and American Empire," by Matthew Fraser.

In March 1995 the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo conducted a well-timed and coordinated nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. This represented the first use of such a weapon by a nonstate group and sent shock waves around the world. The shock came not least because the attack had been completely unexpected despite years of theorizing and literature discussing just such a possibility. The purpose of this article is to address the broad issue of terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction as it applies to Aum Shinrikyo, and within this context to critically analyze the three books listed above. Each offers a different look at Aum in terms of the group itself and of what lessons might be drawn from this new and frightening develop- ment in "terrorist" violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Innovation, Dual Use, and Security: Managing the Risks of Emerging Biological and Chemical Weapons" edited by Jonathan B. Tucker.

The article reviews the book "Tomorrow's Weapons, Chemical and Biological," by Jacquard Hirshorn Rothschild.

The article reviews the book "Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism," 2nd edition, co-edited by James J. F. Forest and Russell D. Howard.

The article reviews the book "WMD Terrorism: Science and Policy Choices," edited by Stephen M. Maurer.

The article reviews the book "Where Are the WMDs? The Reality of Chem-Bio Threats on the Home Front and the Battlefield," by Al Mauroni.

The article reviews the book "Where are the WMD's?: The Reality of Chem-Bio Threats on the Home Front and the Battlefield," by Al Mauroni.

The article reviews the book "Deterring America: Rogue States and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction," by Derek D. Smith.

The article reviews the book "Nonproliferation Issues for Weapons of Mass Destruction," by Mark A. Prelas and Michael S. Peck.

The article reviews the book "Deterring America: Rogue States and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction," by Derek D. Smith.

The article reviews the book "Preventive Attack & Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Comparative Analysis," by Lyle J. Goldstein.

This article reviews the book "Annihilation from Within," by Fred Charles Iklé.