Inheriting the Bomb : The Collapse of the USSR and the Nuclear Disarmament of Ukraine / Mariana Budjeryn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Budjeryn, Mariana, 1975- author.

Series:

Johns Hopkins nuclear history and contemporary affairs.

Johns Hopkins Nuclear History and Contemporary Affairs Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--Russia (Federation).

Nuclear weapons.

Nuclear weapons--Former Soviet republics.

Nuclear nonproliferation--Former Soviet republics.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1968 June 12).

Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"The author investigates the history and politics surrounding the prevention of what could have been the single largest wave of nuclear proliferation when the Soviet collapse led to the emergence of three new nuclear states: Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Soviet collapse and nuclear weapons

Preventing Soviet nuclear disintegration

The road to Lisbon : proliferation vs. succession

Belarus and Kazakhstan : paths not taken

The road to nuclear renunciation

From renunciation to ownership

Nuclear ownership and deterrence

From ownership to renunciation.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781421445397

1421445395

OCLC:

1347429212