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Scott Ritter

    15 de julio de 1961
    Scott Ritter
    Les Mensonges de George W. Bush
    Guerre à l'Irak
    Endgame
    Dealbreaker
    Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika: Arms Control and the End of the Soviet Union
    Scorpion King: America's Suicidal Embrace of Nuclear Weapons from FDR to Trump
    • "Scorpion King: America's Suicidal Embrace of Nuclear Weapons from FDR to Trump is a history of America's corrosive affair with nuclear weapons, and the failed efforts to curb this radioactive ardor through arms control. The book's title refers to the allusion by Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the American atomic bomb, to dueling scorpions when discussing the deadly nuclear rivalry between the US and Soviet Union, and signals the dangers inherent in the resumption of the perilous US drive for nuclear supremacy. Providing a vivid and gripping A-Z history of America's deceptive use of arms control as a means of actually furthering its quest for nuclear dominance, Ritter sheds light on a contradictory US agenda little understood by the lay reader, while providing sufficient detail and context to engage the specialist. Originally published by Nation Books in 2010 under the title Dangerous Ground, this new version has been streamlined and significantly expanded to account for the failed arms control policies of the Obama administration, and the rejection of arms control as a policy during the first term of the Trump administration. The Trump administration has pulled out of one landmark arms control treaty, the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty, and is threatening to let another, the 2010 New START treaty, expire. The terrifying Cuban missile crisis of 1962 demonstrated the apocalyptic folly of nuclear arsenals operating without limitation, and led to reciprocal constraints that moderated the nuclear ambitions of both the US and Soviet Union Those constraints, for the most part, no longer exist. The next missile crisis could prove terminal for humanity. Scorpion King is a book that can, and should, occupy the shelves of academic libraries, diplomats and military professionals, as well as make the reading lists of concerned citizens, given the dangerous state of US and Russian relations, now hovering on the cusp of a new and increasingly hazardous nuclear arms race. It provides a road map showing how we collectively returned to the nuclear cliff edge, and shines light on the possibility of an exit from a seemingly endless dark tunnel. Providing context for the forthcoming 2020 Review of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, Scorpion King is must reading for an imperilled world."--Publisher description

      Scorpion King: America's Suicidal Embrace of Nuclear Weapons from FDR to Trump
    • Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika is the definitive history of the implementation of the INF Treaty signed by Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan in all its complexities, and the lengths both sides went to "trust, but verify" this successful and unique historic disarmament process. It demonstrates how two nations fundamentally at odds with one another could come together and rid the world of weapons which threatened international peace and security and, indeed, all of humanity. Those engaged were pioneers in what was to be the new frontier of superpower arms control--on-site inspection--that would define compliance verification for future treaties and agreements to come. Their work represents not just a guide to but the standard upon which all future on-site inspections will be based and judged

      Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika: Arms Control and the End of the Soviet Union
    • The Iran nuclear deal was a crowning moment of international diplomacy, allowing the world to step away from the edge of a self-created abyss. Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from this agreement threatens to return the world to that precipice. Dealbreaker recounts how this deal was made, why it was broken, and what the consequences of that action could be. The United States and its ally, Israel, pulled no punches, using diplomatic pressure to impose crippling economic sanctions, and covert activities to sow disinformation, sabotage equipment and murder Iranian nuclear scientists in an effort to stop the Iranian nuclear program from going forward. Iran prevailed, confronting the United States with the choice of either going to war, or accepting the reality of an Iranian nuclear program. The Iranian nuclear deal was the result. But the deal had an Achilles heel--the disinformation campaign waged by the United States and Israel to paint the Iranian program as military in nature left a residue of uncertainty and fear that the detractors of the deal used to attack it as little more than a sham. Donald Trump decried the Iranian nuclear deal as a "failed agreement" and promised to tear it up if he were elected President. Trump prevailed in the election, and ended up being as good as his word, pulling America out of the Iranian nuclear deal on May 12, 2018. Dealbreaker explores the nuances of the Iranian nuclear program, exposing the duplicity and hypocrisy of American diplomacy, supported by Israel and abetted by Europe, that led to the need for the Iranian nuclear deal and eventually caused the demise of an agreement that was simultaneously "the deal of the century" and claimed to be fatally flawed

      Dealbreaker
    • Endgame

      • 256 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      As the United States heads toward confrontation with Iraq, former U.N. Chief Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter updates his book about his experiences in Iraq to explain why he believes Saddam Hussein does not pose a threat to the U.S. and why we should not invade Iraq.

      Endgame
    • Guerre à l'Irak

      • 133 páginas
      • 5 horas de lectura

      " Quand j'ai quitté l'Irak en 1998, à l'arrêt du programme d'inspection, l'infrastructure et les équipements avaient été éliminés à 100 %. Cela est indiscutable. (...) Et l'on peut dire sans équivoque que l'infrastructure industrielle nécessaire à l'Irak pour produire des armes nucléaires n'existe plus. " Scott Ritter En 1998, au terme de sept années de mission en Irak, Scott Ritter et les inspecteurs mandatés par les Nations unies ont confirmé la destruction de l'arsenal d'armes biologiques, chimiques et nucléaires de l'Irak. Pourquoi, dès lors, mener une nouvelle guerre à l'Irak ? Scott Ritter et William Rivers Pitt analysent les raisons d'une guerre annoncée contre l'Irak par la Maison blanche et soulignent l'absence totale de liens entre Al Qaida et Saddam Hussein (d'ailleurs cible d'Oussama Ben Laden, comme de George W. Bush). Scott Ritter et William Rivers Pitt démontrent pourquoi un changement de régime, appelé de leurs vœux par MM. Bush et Blair, est absurde et ne conduirait pas nécessairement à la démocratie dans un pays divisé depuis des siècles. Au final, ils mettent en garde contre les conséquences désastreuses d'une telle action conjointe des forces armées américaines et britanniques.

      Guerre à l'Irak
    • Ancien inspecteur en armements pour l'ONU, l'auteur dénonce l'opération de manipulation du gouvernement Bush afin de mener sa guerre en Irak. Affirmant que les armes de destruction massive et les liens entre Saddam Hussein et Al-Quaida n'existaient pas, il relate les efforts qu'il a déployés pour contrer la guerre. Il livre également un vibrant plaidoyer pour un changement de gouvernement au prochaines élections américaines. [SDM]

      Les Mensonges de George W. Bush
    • Scott Ritter, Parteifreund von George W. Bush und nun sein schärfster Kritiker, war von 1991 bis 1998 UN-Waffeninspekteur im Irak. Er wäre der erste, ein militärisches Vorgehen gegen Saddam Hussein zu befürworten, wenn dieser über Massenvernichtungswaffen verfügte. Doch in diesem Buch legt Ritter dar: Die Begründungen, die die amerikanische Regierung für ihren Krieg gegen den Irak anführt, sind falsch. Es gibt keinerlei Beweise, dass der Irak über funktionstüchtige Atomwaffen oder biologische oder chemische Massenvernichtungswaffen verfügt, die eine Bedrohung für andere Länder darstellen. Ebenso kann durch nichts belegt werden, dass eine Zusammenarbeit zwischen dem irakischen Präsidenten Saddam Hussein und der von Osama Bin Laden geführten Terrororganisation Al-Kaida besteht - in Wahrheit sind beide Todfeinde. Auch die Annahme, die Welt und der Nahe Osten seien sicherer nach einem "Regimewechsel" im Irak, ist auf Sand gebaut. Vielmehr birgt der US-amerikanische Angriffskrieg, der angeblich der Bekämpfung des Terrorismus dient, unvorhersehbare Risiken für den Weltfrieden: die Destabilisierung des gesamten Nahen Ostens und eine wachsende Bedrohung des Westens durch islamische Terroristen.

      Krieg gegen den Irak
    • Kniha odhalující skutečnou podstatu americko-íránského konfliktu. Bývalý příslušník americké námořní pěchoty, raketový poradce generála Schwarzkopfa v první válce v Zálivu a v letech 1991 až 1998 jeden z nejvyšších zbraňových inspektorů v Iráku vyvolal v roce 2005 senzaci svou knihou Iraq Confidential, v níž otevřeně napadl tvrzení Bushovy administrativy o iráckých zbraních. Ritterova nejnovější práce je čtivá, s hlubokou znalostí problematiky podaná analýza podstaty a perspektiv současných napjatých vztahů mezi USA a Íránem. Nechybí ani posouzení přístupu dalších velmocí a Mezinárodní jaderné agentury.

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