Inheriting the Bomb
The Collapse of the USSR and the Nuclear Disarmament of Ukraine
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- Paperback
328 pages
- Release Date
26 December 2022
Summary
The collapse of the Soviet Union unleashed the specter of the largest wave of nuclear proliferation in history. Why did Ukraine ultimately choose the path of nuclear disarmament?
Winner of the William E. Colby Award by the Norwich University
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 left its nearly 30,000 nuclear weapons spread over the territories of four newly sovereign states: Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine. This collapse cast a sha…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421445861 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1421445867 |
| Author: | Mariana Budjeryn |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 26 December 2022 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Johns Hopkins Nuclear History and Contemporary Affairs |
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Critics Review
An excellent study of how the process of [Ukraine’s] disarmament unfolded. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including some Ukrainian sources not tapped before, Budjeryn details in great depth the internal deliberations of the Ukrainian government and the intensive rounds of negotiations among the U.S., Russia and the three non-Russian republics. Inheriting the Bomb is essential reading for anyone interested in issues of disarmament and nonproliferation.
—Daniel Larison, Responsible Statecraft
Inheriting the Bomb: The Collapse of the USSR and the Nuclear Disarmament of Ukraine adds depth [and]…provides a rich description of an important historical example of nuclear disarmament and calls attention to specific tensions between nuclear weapons and state security.
—Army Control Today
Budjeryn’s deeply researched book,…has obvious relevance today.
—Lawfare
[Inheriting the Bomb] provides a comprehensive background to understand the genesis of Ukrainian resistance through well-researched archival documents related to diplomatic negotiations between Russians and Americans and Ukraine’s internal debates, among others.
—Strategic Analysis
Underpinned by detailed archival research, Mariana Budjeryn’s excellent book ‘Inheriting the Bomb’ documents the circumstances and decision-making that took Ukraine from hosting the world’s third largest nuclear weapons arsenal in 1991 to being rid of all its nuclear weapons capabilities in 2006….All this makes for charged reading in 2023.
—Times Literary Supplement
Mariana Budjeryn
Mariana Budjeryn (SOUTH BERWICK, ME) is a researcher on the Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center.
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