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Describing these decisions as \"hinge points,\" he traces the consequences of opportunities missed by both sides. The result has been that successive U.S. administrations have been unable to prevent the North, with the weakest of hands, from becoming one of only three countries in the world that might target the United States with nuclear weapons. Hecker's unique ability to marry the technical with the diplomatic is well informed by his interactions with North Korean and U.S. officials over many years, while his years of working with Russian, Chinese, Indian, and Pakistani nuclear officials have given him an unmatched breadth of experience from which to view and interpret the thinking and perspective of the North Koreans.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49742511931665,"sku":"NGR9781503634459","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50925476806929,"sku":"CIN1503634450VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51031778066705,"sku":"NIN9781503634459","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1503634450.jpg?v=1757415059"},{"product_id":"nuclear-physical-methods-in-radioecological-investigations-of-nuclear-test-sites-book-siegfried-s-hecker-9780792364474","title":"Nuclear Physical Methods in Radioecological Investigations of Nuclear Test Sites","description":"It is only with the ending of the Cold War that the issue of  environmental hazards at many former nuclear testing sites around the  world has attracted international scientific interest. 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