Perhaps the best way to obtain an overview of the subject of disarm? ament and arms control is by reading one of the various collections of papers published on the subject. The pioneering venture of arms control symposia is found in Daedalus, Special Issue on Arms Control, 89 (Fall 1960). These essays were later published, along with about a half-dozen others, in D. G. BRENNAN (ed.). Arms Control, Disarmament, and National Security. New York: George Braziller, 1961. The title indicates the breadth of the selections, for some of the essays consider matters such as limited war and national security policy. A more restricted collection will be found in LOUIS HENKIN (ed.). Arms Controls Issues for the Public. Englewood, N. J.: Prentice-Hall (A Spectrum Book), 1961; and in DAVID H. FRISCH (ed.). Arms Reduction: Program and Issues. New York: Twentieth Century Fund, 1961. The unique feature of the latter volume is the inclusion of a proposed disarmament agreement based upon recommendations developed in a 1960 summer seminar and supporting papers. Additional papers and the proceedings of this seminar can be found in the SUMMER STUDY ON ARMS CONTROL. Collected Papers. Bos? ton: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1961 (Limited Circulation). The most recent contribution of the Academy to the disarmament literature is a volume edited by SEYMOUR MELMAN entitled Disarmament: Its Politics and Economics. Boston: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1962. Other readings on the general problems of arms control and peace can be found in ERNEST LEFEVER (ed.). Arms and Arms Control. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1961; QUINCY WRIGHT et al. Preventing World War III: Some Proposals. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962; and THOMAS MERTON (ed.). Breakthrough to Peace. New York: New Directions, 1962. The latter is a collection of twelve views of the threat of thermonuclear extermination, largely stressing the dangers rather than grappling with some of the difficult issues of disarmament. The Wright volume, on the other hand, goes much beyond questions of disarmament as various writers discuss proposals for stopping the arms race, for reducing international tensions, and for building a world society. The research memo or monograph has become one of the most prominent means for communicating disarmament research. Among the more important producers of such memoranda are Rand Corporation and Systems Development Corporation, both of Santa Monica, California; the Stanford