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