| #365816 in Books | 2016-09-27 | Original language:English | 9.00 x.81 x6.00l,.0 | File type: PDF | 288 pages||||"For some years I have been puzzling over the question of why some countries that want nuclear weapons succeed in building them and others don't. . . . What happened with the failures, Libya and Iraq? A good deal of sporadic reading has long persuaded me that
Many authoritarian leaders want nuclear weapons, but few manage to acquire them. Autocrats seeking nuclear weapons fail in different ways and to varying degrees―Iraq almost managed it; Libya did not come close. In Unclear Physics, Malfrid Braut-Hegghammer compares the two failed nuclear weapons programs, showing that state capacity played a crucial role in the trajectory and outcomes of both projects. Braut-Hegghammer draws on a rich set of new primary sour...
You easily download any file type for your device.Unclear Physics: Why Iraq and Libya Failed to Build Nuclear Weapons (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) | Malfrid Braut-Hegghammer. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
