Shopping for bombs : nuclear proliferation, global insecurity, and the rise and fall of the A.Q. Kha...
Shopping for bombs : nuclear proliferation, global insecurity, and the rise and fall of the A.Q. Kha...
Shopping for bombs : nuclear proliferation, global insecurity, and the rise and fall of the A.Q. Khan network / Gordon Corera.
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New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press 2006.
Date
2006.
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N623.45119/21
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 288 p. [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Roots -- Ch. 2. The bomb -- Natanz - February 2003 -- Ch. 3. Iran - from import to export -- Chagai Hills - May 1998 -- Ch. 4. North Korea - Pyongyang and back -- Jordan - August 1995 -- Ch. 5. The network expands - the Libya deal -- Ch. 6. Picking up the trail -- Washington, DC - September 2...
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New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press 2006.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2006.
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"In addition, the book contains new information on how the CIA and MI6 penetrated Khan's network, how the U.S. and UK ultimately broke Khan's ring, and how they persuaded Pakistan's President Musharraf to arrest a national hero. Shopping for Bombs presents a window into the challenges of stopping a new nuclear arms race, a race that A.Q. Khan himse...
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Shopping for bombs : nuclear proliferation, global insecurity, and the rise and fall of the A.Q. Khan network / Gordon Corera.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-274) and index.
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N623.45119/21
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0195304950 (hbk.)
9780195304954 (hbk.)
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623.45119092
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991021900469702626
