Ending the Nuclear Arms Race

Frank N. von Hippel shares his remarkable journey as a key figure in the history of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy, illuminating the far-reaching consequences of nuclear accidents and the devastating impact of "limited" nuclear war.

Speaking out about the dangers of nuclear power, leading the opposition against plutonium breeder reactors, meeting with Soviet leaders and colleagues such as Mikhail Gorbachev and physicist and human rights advocate Andrei Sakharov, serving as chair of the Federation of American Scientists, von Hippel played a pivotal role in the nuclear freeze movement. He was also involved in establishing the in-country monitoring of the Soviet Union's unilateral nuclear test moratorium in the mid-1980s. His book offers an intimate look at the complex world of nuclear arms control from the 1980s to the present.

Frank N. von Hippel is senior research physicist and professor emeritus of public and international affairs in Princeton University's Program on Science and Global Security, which he cofounded.