A new book from Timmon Wallis explores a path toward abolishing nuclear weapons. Available May 30th at bookstores and online retailers. Request copies at your favorite bookstore and library!
The belief that nuclear weapons must be a permanent feature of human life reveals a spectacular failure of imagination. This book offers just one possible pathway for eliminating nuclear weapons – before they eliminate us.
Nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to humanity. They can and must be abolished. This book sets out a scenario for doing exactly that, starting with the fact that half the world has already committed to nuclear abolition through the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). As more and more countries join this new treaty, the pressure will build on the nine countries that currently possess nuclear weapons.
This pressure will especially be felt by a relatively small number of private US companies that are contracted to develop, build and maintain these weapons for the United States. These companies do not just make nuclear weapons for the United States. They make other products that are sold all over the world. They have contracts, suppliers, investors, offices and other facilities in other countries, including those that are already party to the TPNW or soon will be.
There are many other steps and possible pathways to finally ridding the world of nuclear weapons, but the one described here shows nuclear abolition is possible and the pieces are already in place to make it happen.
Pre-order from Bookshop.org or request copies at your favorite bookstore and library!
A quote from the Foreword by Dr. Ivana Nikolić Hughes:
More than a story of how we might achieve a world free of nuclear weapons, Timmon Wallis has given all of us some serious homework. There is something for everyone to do here, from young people raising awareness, to ordinary citizens calling on their local and national leaders to take action, to those in position to change the status quo doing exactly that. Achieving total elimination of nuclear weapons won’t be easy. But it is necessary if humanity is to continue, let alone thrive. By reading this book, you’ll be ready to do your part.