The Gift of Time: The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons Now
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The Gift of Time: The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons Now is a 1998 book by Jonathan Schell
. The book is built on interviews with individuals who had responsibility for nuclear policy in the United States
, Russia
and Europe
, and who came to support the global elimination of nuclear weapons. Schell addresses the issues of deterrence, disarmament, abolition and breakout associated with nuclear weapons.
Jonathan Schell
Jonathan Edward Schell is an author and visiting fellow at Yale University, whose work primarily deals with nuclear weapons.-Career:His work has appeared in The Nation, The New Yorker, and TomDispatch...
. The book is built on interviews with individuals who had responsibility for nuclear policy in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, and who came to support the global elimination of nuclear weapons. Schell addresses the issues of deterrence, disarmament, abolition and breakout associated with nuclear weapons.