Doomed to Cooperate; How American and Russian Scientists joined forces to avert some of the greatest post-Cold War nuclear dangers

Los Alamos, NM: Bathtub Row Press, 2016. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 10.25 inches. DJ has minor edge wear. Volume I: xxviii, 29-540, Volume II: xii, 13-436 pages. Volume I lengthy inscription by the editor. on page facing title page. Short inscription by the editor on title page. Volume II signed and dated by the editor on the title page. Endpaper map and text box. Footnotes. Illustrations. Tables. Figures. References. Inscription in Volume I reads Robert--Thanks for your support and that of your Defense Programs colleagues to allow us to capture this important part of nuclear history. I could not have finished the book without that support. Special thanks for your continued support of international nuclear cooperation. Sig. Foreword by Charles B. Curtis. Includes A Guide to the Reader, Overview, Laying the Foundation for Cooperation, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Materials,US-Russian Lab-to-Lab Nuclear Cooperations Timeline, Nuclear Experts, Science, Stockpile Stewardship and Looking to the Future. This included biographical Information for US and Russian Contributors and a Glossary of Important Acronyms, Terms, and Organizations. Among the contributors were Sig Hecker, Vic Reis, Robert Reinovsky, C. Paul Robinson, George H. Miller, Stephen M. Younger, and Thomas O. Hunter Doomed to Cooperate tells the remarkable story of nuclear scientists from two former enemy nations, Russia and the United States, who reached across political, geographic, and cultural divides to confront, together, the new nuclear threats that resulted from the collapse of the Soviet Union. Using the lingua franca of science and technology, the brilliant minds and unparalleled scientific nuclear programs of Russia and the United States embarked upon more than two decades of cooperation to avert the loss of nuclear weapons, nuclear materials, nuclear weapons expertise, and the export of sensitive nuclear technologies during a time of economic and political turmoil in the newly formed Russian Federation a Herculean endeavor known as lab-to-lab cooperation. This two-volume set shares the, as yet, untold story of lab-to-lab cooperation, and for the first time, many Russian nuclear scientists and leaders share their perspectives on this slice of nuclear history. With over 100 Russian and American contributors in papers, vignettes, and interviews, Doomed to Cooperate presents the challenges to cooperation, the trust and true friendships built in collaboration, and the successes of the hundreds of scientists, engineers, and political leaders who came together to make the world a safer place.