Eating Grass The Making of the Pakistani Bomb

Name: Eating Grass The Making of the Pakistani Bomb
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ISBN: 9780804776011

ISBN-10: 0804776016

ISBN-13: 9780804776011

Edition: 2012

Authors: Feroz Khan

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The history of Pakistan's nuclear program is the history of Pakistan. Fascinated with the new nuclear science, the young nation's leaders launched a nuclear energy program in 1956 and consciously interwove nuclear developments into the broader narrative of Pakistani nationalism. Then, impelled first by the 1965 and 1971 India-Pakistan Wars, and more urgently by India's first nuclear weapon test in 1974, Pakistani senior officials tapped into the country's pool of young nuclear scientists and engineers and molded them into a motivated cadre committed to building the 'ultimate weapon.' The tenacity of this group and the central place of its mission in Pakistan's national identity allowed the…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 11/7/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 552
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



Preface


Pakistan: Key Characters


Abbreviations



Introduction



The Reluctant Phase



Atoms for Peace at the Crossroads of History



Ayub's Non-Decision and the Nuclear Bomb Option



Never Again



The Secret Nuclear R&D Program



The Route to Nuclear Ambition



Punishing Pakistan



Mastery of Uranium Enrichment



Procurement Network in the Grey Market



Building the Bomb



Mastery of Plutonium Production



Covert Arsenal and Delivery Means



Military Crises and Nuclear Signaling



Pakistan's Missile Quest



The Grazing Horse in the Meadows



The Nuclear Test Decision



Toward an Operational Deterrent



The Dawn of a Nuclear Power



A Shaky Beginning: Kargil and Its Aftermath



Establishment of Robust Command and Control



Testing the Deterrent



Meeting New Challenges



The Unraveling of the Khan Network



Nuclear Pakistan and the World


Epilogue


Notes


Index