Shopping for Bombs by Gordon Corera
Presents an account of the emergence of Pakistan's nuclear hero AQ Khan as the world's leading black market salesman of nuclear weapons technology. This book reveals the story of how he sold the most dangerous technology in the world to some of the world's most dangerous states.
'A page turner' * The Economist *
'Gordon Corera has written a book you will not be able to put down. It reads like a thriller, but it is true! He has done an impressive job in researching and describing the extraordinary threat we face from nuclear weapons falling into the hands of those who wish us to harm.' * Professor Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University *
'Shopping for Bombs is clearly written and fascinating account of one of the most important episodes in the history of weapons of mass destruction-Pakistan's illicit successful effort to build nuclear materials across the globe, an effort spearheaded by the maverick scientist A.Q. Khan. Corera has produced an even-handed and absorbing history of that important story.' * Peter Bergen, author of The Osama Bin Laden I Know and Holy War, Inc. *
'A superb account of how A.Q.Khan, the pioneer of nuclear black marketeering, exploited the forces of globalisation and loopholes in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to provide what IAEA Secretary-General, Mohamed El-Baradei, called "Wal-Mart of private sector proliferation".' * Professor Graham Allison, Harvard University *
'Gordon Corera has written a book you will not be able to put down. It reads like a thriller, but it is true! He has done an impressive job in researching and describing the extraordinary threat we face from nuclear weapons falling into the hands of those who wish us to harm.' * Professor Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University *
'Shopping for Bombs is clearly written and fascinating account of one of the most important episodes in the history of weapons of mass destruction-Pakistan's illicit successful effort to build nuclear materials across the globe, an effort spearheaded by the maverick scientist A.Q. Khan. Corera has produced an even-handed and absorbing history of that important story.' * Peter Bergen, author of The Osama Bin Laden I Know and Holy War, Inc. *
'A superb account of how A.Q.Khan, the pioneer of nuclear black marketeering, exploited the forces of globalisation and loopholes in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to provide what IAEA Secretary-General, Mohamed El-Baradei, called "Wal-Mart of private sector proliferation".' * Professor Graham Allison, Harvard University *
Gordon Corera is Security Correspondent for the BBC in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781850658269 |
| ISBN 10 | 1850658269 |
| Title | Shopping for Bombs |
| Author | Gordon Corera |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2006-07-18 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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