The reading assignments are to be completed by the dates listed in the table below. They may be the subjects of questions on the Midterm and Final Examinations. Background information and current events assignments are posted in separate sections of the table. Please be sure to check both sections for new additions.
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| Due Date | Assignment |
|---|---|
| Jan 18, 2007 | Read Article 1, Part 4 of the Student Code |
| Jan 18, 2007 | A More Effective Approach to US Security |
| Jan 18, 2007 | Chapters 1–3 in What Terrorists Want |
| Jan 23, 2007 | Chapters 4–7 in What Terrorists Want |
| Jan 25, 2007 | Chapter 8 in What Terrorists Want |
| Jan 25, 2007 | Nuclear weapon slides at Course Slides |
| Jan 25, 2007 | OTA Report Chapter 1 and Chapter 4 |
| The definition of "fissionable material" in Box 4-A on page 121 of the OTA Report is incorrect; see Class Notes Note: If you are having trouble viewing Chapter 4 of the OTA report, try saving it to disk instead of viewing it in your web browser. | |
| Feb 2, 2007 | OTA Report Chapter 5 |
| Feb 6, 2007 | Reliable Replacement Warhead |
| Feb 6, 2007 | Thinking About The Reliable Replacement Warhead |
| Feb 6, 2007 | Nuclear War Terms |
| Feb 8, 2007 | Reactor-Grade and Weapons-Grade Plutonium in Nuclear Explosives |
| Feb 8, 2007 | U.S. Redesigning Atomic Weapons (Secure Server) |
| Feb 19, 2007 | ACT Protecting Nuclear Materials (Secure Server) |
| Feb 27, 2007 | Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States Through 2015 U.S. National Intelligence Council |
| Mar 1, 2007 | The Ballistic Missile Threat Joseph Cirincione |
| Mar 6, 2007 | The Day After Midnight Office of Technology Assessment (Secure Server) |
| Mar 8, 2007 | Nuclear Proliferation: Capability versus Intent, W.K.H. Panofsky, Physics and Society |
| Mar 8, 2007 | Missiles In Conflict: The Issue of Missiles in All its Complexity, Jurgen Scheffran |
| Mar 15, 2007 | Read pages 1 - 60 in Nuclear Terrorism |
| Mar 26, 2007 | Read pages 61 - 120 in Nuclear Terrorism |
| Mar 29, 2007 | Read pages 121 - 175 in Nuclear Terrorism |
| Apr 3, 2007 | Read pages 176 - 232 in Nuclear Terrorism |
| Apr 5, 2007 | Read pages 1-28 in The Gravest Danger (available online at www-hoover.stanford.edu/publications/books/gravest.html) |
| Apr 5, 2007 | Iran's Nuclear Programme - Civilian or Military INESAP, Martin Kalinowski |
| Apr 10, 2007 | Read pages 29-61 in The Gravest Danger |
| Apr 10, 2007 | Analysis and Interpretation of the North Korean Nuclear Test INESAP, Martin Kalinowski |
| Apr 12, 2007 | Read pages 62-72 in The Gravest Danger |
| Apr 17, 2007 | Read pages 73-102 in The Gravest Danger |
| Apr 19, 2007 | Read pages 103-126 in The Gravest Danger |
| Apr 24, 2007 | Missile Defense Countermeasures Video Union of Concerned Scientists (Real Video) |
| Apr 24, 2007 | Missile Defense Under Scrutiny, Arms Control Association |
| May 1, 2007 | Bunker Buster Video Federation of American Scientists (Quicktime Video) |
| May 1, 2007 | A World Free of Nuclear Weapons, WSJ, Shultz, Perry, Kissinger, Nunn |
| May 1, 2007 | The Nuclear Threat, WSJ, Mikhail Gorbachev |
| May 1, 2007 | What Are Nuclear Weapons For?, Sidney D. Drell, American Physical Society |
| May 1, 2007 | Latest Reports on Iran and North Korea Show a Newfound Caution Among Analysts, NYT, Mark Mazietti (Secure Server) |
| May 1, 2007 | The Human Dimension is Key to Controlling Proliferation of WMDs, Elizabeth Turpen, American Physical Society |