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Our own worst enemy? : institutional interests and the proliferation of nuclear weapons expertise / Sharon K. Weiner.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Weiner, Sharon K., 1963- author.
Series:
Belfer Center studies in international security
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Expertise--Political aspects--United States.
Expertise.
Nuclear nonproliferation--United States.
Nuclear nonproliferation.
Expertise--Political aspects.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 358 pages) : maps.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011]
System Details:
text file
Summary:
An examination of the effectiveness of knowledge nonproliferation programs implemented by the United States after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Contents:
Chapter 1 Controlling the Proliferation of Nuclear Knowledge: An Introduction 1
Chapter 2 The Proliferation Threat 21
Chapter 3 The Domestic Political Context of Threat Reduction 69
Chapter 4 Early Conversion Efforts at the Defense DePartment 109
Chapter 5 The Science Centers 143
Chapter 6 Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention 195
Chapter 7 The Nuclear Cities Initiative 241
Chapter 8 Conclusion: U.S. National Security, Institutional Interests, and the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Expertise 291.
Notes:
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
ISBN:
9780262295970
0262295970
9780262296762
0262296764
0262515881
9780262515887
026201565X
9780262015653
OCLC:
867786191
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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