Unparalleled Catastrophe

‘This is a timely and excellent book as President Putin lifts a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons and is facing pressure to develop Russia's nuclear arsenal. This is one of the first books on the Third Nuclear Age and there will be many more. It has additional merit that it is short and rightly concludes that it is not enough to say "a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought". Unless we return to meaningful nuclear negotiations between nuclear weapon states, there will be a war in which nuclear weapons are used.’
Lord David Owen, Former British Foreign Secretary

‘Rhys Crilley has provided a highly innovative and highly readable examination of what the move into a Third Nuclear Age means for us as humans. By weaving together worrying military and political developments with personal, cultural and theoretical insights, this landmark work sets the benchmark for the burgeoning field of critical nuclear studies.’
Professor Andrew Futter, author of The Politics of Nuclear Weapons

‘The multidisciplinary approach of this book makes it an essential read for everyone seeking to understand and comprehend the contemporary nuclear politics.’
Aleena Saeed, in Modern Diplomacy

‘What is fresh in Crilley’s writing is a critical approach that recognizes the ways in which nuclear weapons, the climate crisis, the Covid pandemic, institutional racism, the injustices built into the global economy, and the dangerous rise of authoritarianism are interconnected.’
John Loretz, in Medicine, Conflict and Survival

‘This book is a valuable tool for students interested in nuclear weapons… it is also a useful tool for policy-makers and academics, to locate the study of nuclear weapons politics within the global politics of intersecting crises… The book serves both to give an urgent warning of the imminent ‘unparalleled catastrophe’ and to provide meaningful recommendations for how this endpoint can be avoided.’
Laura Rose Brown, in International Affairs