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BOOK REVIEWS 289 None of this is particularly new material, but it is a new way of looking at U.S. nuclear policy. Furthermore, Krepon does make some suggestions for breaking the stalemate. Hope rests on the alliance of the two operationalist groups on such issues as survivability, parity, and reductions. Combined with strong presidential leadership and an effort on the part of both superpowers to isolate arms control from their other competitive endeavors, this would, in the author's opinion, move the two dominant nuclear powers closer to an arms control agreement. Unfortunately, Krepon does not tell the reader how these lofty goals can be attained. One would expect more concrete details from the author, a veteran observer of the Washington political and bureaucratic scene. Deadly Gambits. By Strobe Talbott. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Reviewed by Seth Arenstein, M.A. candidate, SAIS. Strobe Talbott's new book, Deadly Gambits, has all the elements of a successful novel. It has an action-packed plot, lots of backroom dealings, complex characters including a ruthless but clever bureaucrat, a wise old negotiatior, and a president whose lack of interest in arms control leads him to doodle during high level meetings on the subject (his favorite etchings being cowboys and horses). Unfortunately, this book is not a fictionalized account of politics but a blow-byblow account of the Reagan administration's handling ofthe SALT and START negotiations. Talbott's task—explaining and analyzing the way the various proposals and negotations proceeded—is not an easy one. It requires a clear knowledge of strategy, politics, and the technical capabilities of the weapons involved. Talbott has all of these under his belt. He also has a clear and flowing style that makes the subject comprehensible to neophytes as well as students of security studies. From an academic standpoint, however, one must be wary of this book, for Talbott does not reveal his sources. For this reason the reader is left with many unanswerable questions about the reliability of his "inside" information. This caution aside, one comes away from Deadly Gambits with the worrisome feeling that we should not expect much in arms control from the present administration , since, as Talbott explains, its motto is: "Rearm now, disarm later, if ever." The International Uranium Market. By Thomas Neff. Cambridge, Mass.: BaIlinger Publishing Company, 1984. Reviewed by Bill Valdez, M.A. candidate, SAIS. The past decade has witnessed extreme turbulence in the little-known world of international uranium marketing. High expectations followed the 1973 opec oil embargo and led to an explosion ofexploration and production as a result ofthe belief that nuclear power would be the only solution to the world's energy shortfall. The 1979 recession and Three Mile Island accident later dampened those hopes, causing a consequent depression in the international production and sale of uranium. Until Thomas Neff wrote this account of the international uranium industry's violent ups and downs, interested observers have had to rely on ...

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