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The atomic bazaar [the rise of the nuclear poor]

In his shocking and revelatory new work, celebrated journalist William Langewiesche investigates the burgeoning threat of nuclear-weapons production and the inexorable drift of nuclear-weapons technology from the hands of the rich into the hands of the poor. As more unstazble and undeveloped nations acquire the ultimate arms, the stakes of state-sponsored nuclear activity have soared to frightening heights ...

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  • "In his shocking and revelatory new work, celebrated journalist William Langewiesche investigates the burgeoning threat of nuclear-weapons production and the inexorable drift of nuclear-weapons technology from the hands of the rich into the hands of the poor. As more unstazble and undeveloped nations acquire the ultimate arms, the stakes of state-sponsored nuclear activity have soared to frightening heights ..."@en
  • "Examines the spread of nuclear technology into unstable, undeveloped, and hostile nations, as well as the potential for such weapons to fall into the hands of terrorists, looking specifically at the role of renegade scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan."@en
  • "[This book] investigates the burgeoning global threat of nuclear weapons production. This is the story of the inexorable drift of nuclear technology from the hands of the rich into the hands of the poor. As more unstable and undeveloped nations find ways of acquiring the ultimate arms, the stakes of state-sponsored nuclear activity have soared to new heights. [It] examines in ... detail the chances of such weapons being manufactured and deployed by terrorists. -Dust jacket."@en
  • "Journalist William Langewiesche investigates the rise of the global threat of nuclear weapons, the movement of nuclear weapons technology from the rich to the poor and the chances for nuclear terrorism. He looks at Abdul Qadeer Khan, the scientist who was behind the theft and sale of centrifuge designs that helped build Pakistan's nuclear arsenal and his involvement in the distribution of nuclear plans to North Korea, Iran, and other hostile countries."@en

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