A.Q. Khan was the world's leading black market dealer in nuclear technology, described by a former CIA Director as "at least as dangerous as Osama Bin Laden." Here for the first time is the riveting, inside story of the rise and fall of A.Q. Khan and his role in the devastating spread of nuclear technology over the last thirty years.
Drawing on exclusive interviews with key players in Islamabad, London, and Washington, as well as with members of Khan's own network, BBC journalistGordon Corera paints a truly unsettling picture of the nuclear arms bazaar. Corera reveals how Khan operated within a world of shadowy deals amongst rogue states and how his privileged position in Pakistan protected his unique and deadly business empire. Brimming with revelations, the book providesnew insight into Iran's nuclear ambitions, how the CIA and MI6 penetrated and ultimately broke Khan's network, and how they persuaded Pakistan's President to arrest a national hero.
The book also illuminates the high-wire dealings with Muammar Gadaffi which led to Libya's renunciation of nuclear weapons.
| ISBN: | 9780195375237 |
| Publication date: | 1st September 2009 |
| Author: | Gordon Corera |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Genres: |
International relations Nuclear weapons Political activism / Political engagement Comparative politics Political science and theory Military history: post-WW2 conflicts |
A.Q. Khan and his role in the devastating spread of nuclear technology over the last thirty years.
Shopping for Bombs features in the following genres: International relations, Nuclear weapons, Political activism / Political engagement, Comparative politics, Political science and theory, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts
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Shopping for Bombs was written by Gordon Corera and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP USA
Shopping for Bombs has 304 pages