From time to time, publishers send us review copies of new books. We are glad to receive them, even if we cannot always read the books promptly or produce substantial reviews. New receipts include these:
“Nuclear Insights: The Cold War Legacy” by Alexander DeVolpi, volume 2: Nuclear Threats and Prospects, 2009.
“Preventing Catastrophe: The Use and Misuse of Intelligence in Efforts to Halt the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction” by Thomas Graham Jr. and Keith A. Hansen, Stanford University Press, 2009.
“Vanished,” a novel by Joseph Finder, St. Martin’s Press, 2009.
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