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The Atomic Bazaar
The Rise of the Nuclear Poor
by William Langewiesche
ISBN: 0374106789
ISBN-13: 9780374106782
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
In this sobering investigative report, journalist William Langewiesche examines the scenarios by which terrorists or rogue states could obtain the materials and expertise needed to build an atomic bomb, and the likelihood of their being successful. Langewiesche recounts the history of the bomb beginning with Hiroshima, its use as a deterrent during the Cold War, and the race for arms among major nations, including China, India, and Pakistan. His profile of Pakistan's "national hero," Dr. A. Q. Khan (who was put under house arrest following 9/11), shows the extent of the international network in nuclear arms parts, and his report on the former Soviet Union shows that nation's failure to secure its arsenal in the face of widespread corruption and malfeasance. Despite efforts by governments, agencies, and people in the disarmament field, and despite the fact that it remains very difficult for any group to successfully obtain all the necessary elements, getting the bomb remains a goal of many angry, disenfranchised groups-and it is a question of "not if, but when."
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"One need read only the first three pages of ATOMIC BAZAAR to be reminded of William Langewiesche's formidable talent as a journalist, whose cool, precise and economical reporting is harnessed to an invigorating moral and intellectual perspective on the world he describes." -- Jonathan Raban
"There is plenty to worry about here, but the value of Langewiesche's book is that it offers more than scenarios for concern....The author's attitude toward all of this is not panic (readers may respond differently) but a steely realism that brings to mind Clausewitz." -- Scott McLemee
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Published date: 2007
Size: 6 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 0.7 pounds
Pages: 179
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