“Truly a masterpiece.”

— Barry Blechman, co-founder of the Stimson Center

“Arguably the most important contribution to the debate over the efficacy/fallacy of nuclear deterrence ever written.”

— Martin Sherwin, Pulitzer Prize winning historian

“Ward Wilson's book makes me believe that the eradication of nuclear weapons is . . . feasible in our lifetime.”

—Oscar Arias, former president of Costa Rican and Nobel Peace Prize winner

Hope in the nuclear age: the realist case for eliminating nuclear weapons

The forthcoming book, Hope in the Nuclear Age, written by RealistRevolt's founder, Ward Wilson, is a complete solution to eliminating nuclear weapons.

• It shows why nuclear weapons are virtually useless as weapons—even if you had a monopoly on them.
• It shows why it is a deadly error to rely on nuclear deterrence (because it will inevitably fail.)
• It explains why current thinking is wrong about these weapons (particularly deterrence thinking).
• It explains, step by step, how we went wrong in our ideas about these weapons.
• It reframes the debate, making those who oppose nuclear weapons, who think they should be gotten rid of, the realists; and those who want to keep them “weapons romantics.”
• It shows that even though for seventy years there has been a consensus that the weapons are important, that is no proof, because there have been other established consensuses that have lasted for decades that turned out to be completely wrong.
• And it reveals a key to their nature that radically changes ideas about them: they are used primarily as symbols, not weapons.

It shows, in short, why we can get rid of nuclear weapons and still be prudent, pragmatic patriots. It shows why getting rid of nuclear weapons is in the best interests of the United States. And in the interests of all other countries, as well.

It does not advocate doing anything unilaterally, except admitting that nuclear weapons are obsolete weapons with exaggerated importance that pose an enormous danger to civilization.