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Tomgram: Noam Chomsky, Rogue States and Nuclear Dangers
This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com.
Are Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament Agreements of Any Value?
The recent announcement of a nuclear deal between the governments of Iran and other major nations, including the United States, naturally draws our attention to the history of international nuclear arms control and disarmament agreements. What accounts for their advent on the world scene and what have they accomplished?
Ever since 1945, when the atomic bomb was built and used by the U.S. government in a devastating attack upon Japanese cities, the world has lived on the brink of catastrophe, for nuclear weapons, if integrated into war, could cause the total destruction of civilization.