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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"Despite the global spread of nuclear hardware and knowledge, at least half of the nuclear weapons projects launched since 1970 have definitively failed, and even the successful projects have generally needed far more time than expected. To explain this puzzling slowdown in proliferation, Jacques E.C. Hymans focuses on the relations between politicians and scientific and technical workers in developing countries. By undermining the workers' spirit of professionalism, developing country rulers unintentionally thwart their own nuclear ambitions. Combining rich theoretical analysis, in-depth historical case studies of Iraq, China, Yugoslavia and Argentina and insightful analyses of current-day proliferant states, Achieving Nuclear Ambitions develops a powerful new perspective that effectively counters the widespread fears of a coming cascade of new nuclear powers"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1 Puzzle of declining nuclear weapons project efficiency 1 -- 2 A theory of nuclear weapons project efficiency and inefficiency 41 -- 3 Spinning in place: Iraq's fruitless quest for nuclear weapons 79 -- 4 How did China's nuclear weapons project succeed? 124 -- 5 Proliferation implications of international civil nuclear cooperation: theory and a case study of Tito's Yugoslavia 157 -- 6 Proliferation implications of footloose nuclear scientists: theory and a case study of Peron's Argentina 203 -- 7 Empirical extensions: Libya, Pakistan, North Korea, Iran 239 -- 8 Lessons for policymakers and directions for future research 262. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nuclear weapons -- Developing countries.
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Nuclear weapons. |
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Developing countries. |
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Nuclear nonproliferation -- Developing countries.
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Nuclear nonproliferation. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hymans, Jacques E.C. Achieving nuclear ambitions. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9780521767002 (DLC) 2011049113 (OCoLC)768041902 |
| ISBN |
9781139233477 (electronic book) |
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1139233475 (electronic book) |
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9780521767002 |
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0521767008 |
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9780521132251 |
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0521132258 |
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9781139049429 |
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1139049429 |
| Standard No. |
9786613571281 |
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