Spying on the Bomb American Nuclear Intelligence from Nazi Germany to Iran and North Korea

Name: Spying on the Bomb American Nuclear Intelligence from Nazi Germany to Iran and North Korea
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ISBN: 9780393329827

ISBN-10: 0393329828

ISBN-13: 9780393329827

Edition: 2007

Authors: Jeffrey T. Richelson, Jeffrey Richelson

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"Engrossing."--"Wall Street Journal" A global history of U.S. nuclear espionage from its World War II origins to today's threats from rogue states. For fifty years, the United States has monitored friends and foes who seek to develop the ultimate weapon. Since 1952 the nuclear club has grown to at least eight nations, while others are making serious attempts to join. Each chapter chronologically focuses on the nuclear activities of one or more countries, intermingling what the United States believed was happening with accounts of what actually occurred in each country's laboratories, test sites, and decision-making councils. Jeffrey T. Richelson weaves recently declassified documents into…

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List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/17/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 768
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.20" long x 1.60" tall
Weight: 2.222
Language: English



List of Maps


Preface



A Terrifying Prospect: Nazi Germany



Lightning Strikes: The Soviet Union 1945-1953



The View from Above: The Soviet Union 1954-1961



Mao's Explosive Thoughts: The People's Republic of China through 1968



An Elated General, a Smiling Buddha: France and India through 1974



"Pariahs": Israel, South Africa, and Taiwan through the 1970s



The Double Flash: The Vela Incident: September 1979



Rogues: Iraq, North Korea, Libya, and Pakistan through 1991



"Pariahs" Revisited: Israel, South Africa, and Taiwan in the 1980s and early 1990s



Big Bangs: French and Chinese testing; suspected Russian testing in the 1990s



Pokhran Surprise: Indian and Pakistani tests in May 1998



Inspectors and Spies: Iraq from the end of the Gulf War through December 1998



Flawed Intelligence: Iraq, 1999-2004



Trouble Waiting to Happen: Iran and North Korea, from the 1990s to 2005


Epilogue: Iran and North Korea, 2006-2007


Abbreviations and Acronyms


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index