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Introduction: The Problems Of Nuclear Order And Their Understanding -- The Awakenings, 1939-46 -- Sculpting An Order Out Of Disorder: Nuclear Weapons And The Cold War -- Two Crises Of Nuclear Order, 1973-86 -- The International Nuclear Order's Consolidation, 1986-97 -- Into A Second Nuclear Age? Shifting And Expanding Problems Of Nuclear Order, 1997-2007 -- Back To Nuclear Disarmament, Arms Control And The Npt's Invigoration -- Heading For The Rocks? William Walker. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.