Race to Oblivion: A Participant’s View of the Arms Race
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Race to Oblivion: A Participant’s View of the Arms Race is a nonfiction book in which physicist and defense insider Herbert F. York critically examines the Cold War nuclear arms buildup from his firsthand perspective.
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17758542 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Race to Oblivion: A Participant’s View of the Arms Race Context triple: [Herbert F. York, notableWork, Race to Oblivion: A Participant’s View of the Arms Race]
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Defense in the Nuclear Age
Defense in the Nuclear Age is a seminal work of military and strategic analysis that examines how the advent of nuclear weapons transformed concepts of defense, deterrence, and international security policy.
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B.
Moving Targets: Nuclear Strategy and National Security
Moving Targets: Nuclear Strategy and National Security is a scholarly book by political scientist Scott D. Sagan that analyzes the evolution, risks, and policy implications of U.S. nuclear strategy in the post–Cold War era.
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C.
The Limits of Safety: Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons
The Limits of Safety: Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons is a seminal study in security studies and organizational theory that analyzes how complex organizational processes and human factors can lead to nuclear accidents despite extensive safety measures.
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D.
The Arms Race: A Programme for World Disarmament
The Arms Race: A Programme for World Disarmament is a seminal book advocating comprehensive global disarmament and analyzing the dangers of military escalation.
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E.
Danger and Survival: Choices About the Bomb in the First Fifty Years
Danger and Survival: Choices About the Bomb in the First Fifty Years is a historical and analytical study of nuclear weapons policy and strategy during the first half-century of the atomic age, written by former U.S. national security adviser McGeorge Bundy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Race to Oblivion: A Participant’s View of the Arms Race Target entity description: Race to Oblivion: A Participant’s View of the Arms Race is a nonfiction book in which physicist and defense insider Herbert F. York critically examines the Cold War nuclear arms buildup from his firsthand perspective.
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A.
Defense in the Nuclear Age
Defense in the Nuclear Age is a seminal work of military and strategic analysis that examines how the advent of nuclear weapons transformed concepts of defense, deterrence, and international security policy.
-
B.
Moving Targets: Nuclear Strategy and National Security
Moving Targets: Nuclear Strategy and National Security is a scholarly book by political scientist Scott D. Sagan that analyzes the evolution, risks, and policy implications of U.S. nuclear strategy in the post–Cold War era.
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C.
The Limits of Safety: Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons
The Limits of Safety: Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons is a seminal study in security studies and organizational theory that analyzes how complex organizational processes and human factors can lead to nuclear accidents despite extensive safety measures.
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D.
The Arms Race: A Programme for World Disarmament
The Arms Race: A Programme for World Disarmament is a seminal book advocating comprehensive global disarmament and analyzing the dangers of military escalation.
-
E.
Danger and Survival: Choices About the Bomb in the First Fifty Years
Danger and Survival: Choices About the Bomb in the First Fifty Years is a historical and analytical study of nuclear weapons policy and strategy during the first half-century of the atomic age, written by former U.S. national security adviser McGeorge Bundy.
- F. None of above. chosen
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