Achieving Nuclear Ambitions: Scientists, Politicians, and Proliferation
- ISBN-10
- 0521767008
- ISBN-13
- 9780521767002
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 315
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-02-16
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Jacques E. C. Hymans
Description
From Iraq to Iran and from Libya to North Korea, recent attempts to join the club of nuclear powers have tended to lose their momentum or even to fail outright. This book shows how developing country rulers unintentionally thwart their own nuclear ambitions by undermining their scientific and technical workers.
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