It Is Possible
A Future Without Nuclear Weapons
A “stunning, breakthrough” book.
— Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of nuclear weapons
“The most intelligent, comprehensive, and compelling argument ever advanced against nuclear weapons.”
— Lee Butler, U.S. Air Force, four-star general (ret.), former commander of STRATCOM
“If you only ever read one book about nuclear weapons, let it be this one. Easy to read, meticulously well-reasoned, it has an almost disarmingly straightforward answer for every conceivable challenge to the idea that a future free from nuclear weapons can exist. This guidebook for eliminating nuclear weapons will give even the most resolute cynic reason to hope that it is, indeed, possible.”
Emma Pike — Nuclear Disarmament Consultant & Activist.
It Is Possible: A Future Without Nuclear Weapons
Bernard Norlain, Général d’armée aérienne(2S) (ret.) [former commander of the conventional air forces of France]; President, Nuclear Disarmament Initiative
“This is a factual book, a book that draws on history, and that makes pragmatic arguments. If you are interested in a counterpoint to conventional thinking, if you want to explore new realist arguments about nuclear weapons, this is the book for you.”
Martin Sherwin, Pulitzer Prize winning historian of nuclear weapons
“Arguably the most important contribution to the debate over the efficacy/fallacy of nuclear deterrence ever written.”
Oscar Arias, former President of Costa Rica, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
“Ward Wilson's book makes me believe that the eradication of nuclear weapons is feasible in our lifetime.”
Abhishek Verma, Research Fellow, 2021
Abhishek is a PhD student at New Delhi University, with an undergraduate degree in economics and a graduate degree in foreign policy. He is currently at work on his thesis and is working on a paper for RealistRevolt that raises doubts about the claim that nuclear weapons create stability in a crisis.
Sarah McCausland Memorial Intern, Summer 2018
Lauren Holly is a senior at the University of Minnesota. A technical writing and communica-tions major, she is excited about work that will “shine a light on a crucial subject that is too often overlooked.”
Tucker Murray, Research Fellow 2015-2016
Tucker Murray is a graduate of Kings College London with a masters in Science and Security. He has written on the connection between climate change and the prospects for war and the historical difficulty of using bombing to “force surrender.”