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Author Braut-Hegghammer, Målfrid, author.

Title Unclear physics : why Iraq and Libya failed to build nuclear weapons / Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
Cornell studies in security affairs.
Contents Iraq explores the atom, 1956-1973 -- Ambiguity and ambition, 1973-1981 -- Saddam's nuclear weapons program, 1981-1987 -- Crises and a crash program, 1988-1991 -- Searching for uranium in Libya, 1951-1973 -- Cultural revolution and nuclear power, 1973-1981 -- Nuclear weapons remain elusive, 1982-1989 -- Sanctions, centrifuges, and exit, 1989-2003
Summary 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 this book, the author compares the two failed nuclear weapons programmes, showing that state capacity played a crucial role in the trajectory and outcomes of both projects
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Qaddafi, Muammar.
Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006
SUBJECT Qaddafi, Muammar
Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006
Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006 fast
Qaddafi, Muammar fast
Subject Nuclear weapons -- Political aspects -- Libya
Nuclear weapons -- Political aspects -- Iraq
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Nuclear weapons -- Political aspects
Iraq
Libya
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781501705908
1501705903
9781501706455
1501706454