Shopping for bombs : nuclear proliferation, global insecurity, and the rise and fall of the A.Q. Khan network / Gordon Corera.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corera, Gordon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Security, International.

Khan, A. Q. (Abdul Qadeer), 1936-.

Khan, A. Q.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A.Q. Khan was the world's leading black market dealer in nuclear technology, described by a former CIA Director as ""at least as dangerous as Osama bin Laden."" A hero in Pakistan and revered as the Father of the Bomb, Khan built a global clandestine network that sold the most closely guardednuclear secrets to Iran, North Korea, and Libya. Here for the first time is the riveting inside story of the rise and fall of A.Q. Khan and his role in the devastating spread of nuclear technology over the last thirty years. Drawing on exclusive interviews with key players in Islamabad, London, and Was

Contents:

Contents; Taranto-October 2003; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Roots; CHAPTER 2 The Bomb; CHAPTER 3 Iran-From Import to Export; CHAPTER 4 North Korea-Pyongyang and Back; CHAPTER 5 The Network Expands-The Libya Deal; CHAPTER 6 Picking up the Trail; CHAPTER 7 Watching; CHAPTER 8 Dealing with Gadaffi; CHAPTER 9 Confronting Musharraf-Dealing with Khan; CHAPTER 10 Unraveling the Network; EPILOGUE The Spread; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-274) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-988542-7

1-280-84644-5

0-19-534570-3

1-4294-3820-7

OCLC:

191924248