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001 2006102539
003 DLC
005 20070926083217.0
008 061219s2007 nyub 000 0 eng
010 $a 2006102539
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020 $a9780374106782 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0374106789 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm77271147
035 $a(OCoLC)77271147
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043 $aa-pk---
050 00 $aU264$b.L365 2007
082 00 $a355.02/17095491$222
100 1 $aLangewiesche, William.
245 14 $aThe atomic bazaar :$bthe rise of the nuclear poor /$cWilliam Langewiesche.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2007.
300 $a179 p. :$bmap ;$c22 cm.
520 $aJournalist Langewiesche investigates the burgeoning global threat of nuclear weapons production. This is the story of the inexorable drift of nuclear weapons 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 frightening heights. Even more disturbing is the likelihood of such weapons being manufactured and deployed by guerrilla non-state terrorists. Langewiesche also recounts the recent history of Abdul Qadeer Khan, the scientist at the forefront of nuclear development and trade in the Middle East who masterminded the theft and sale of centrifuge designs that helped to build Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, and who single-handedly peddled nuclear plans to North Korea, Iran, and other potentially hostile countries. He then examines in dramatic and tangible detail the chances for nuclear terrorism.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aThe vanguard of the poor -- Nukes without nations -- The wrath of Khan -- The point of no return.
650 0 $aNuclear weapons.
650 0 $aNuclear weapons$zPakistan.
650 0 $aNuclear nonproliferation.
650 0 $aWorld politics$y21st century.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip077/2006102539.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0621/2006102539-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0621/2006102539-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2006102539-s.html