Atomic steppe : how Kazakhstan gave up the bomb /

"Atomic Steppe tells the untold true story of how the obscure country of Kazakhstan said no to the most powerful weapons in human history. With the fall of the Soviet Union, the marginalized Central Asian republic suddenly found itself with the world's fourth largest nuclear arsenal on its...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kassenova, Togzhan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Temas:
Nuclear disarmament > Kazakhstan > History.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy > Kazakhstan > History.
Nuclear weapons > Kazakhstan > History.
Nuclear weapons > Kazakhstan > Testing > History.
Désarmement nucléaire > Kazakhstan > Histoire.
Armes nucléaires > Politique gouvernementale > Kazakhstan > Histoire.
Armes nucléaires > Kazakhstan > Histoire.
Armes nucléaires > Kazakhstan > Essais > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control.
Nuclear disarmament
Nuclear weapons
Nuclear weapons > Government policy
Nuclear weapons > Testing
Kazakhstan
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The steppe
  • Forty years of nuclear tests
  • The human toll
  • The nation rises
  • The swan song of the Soviet Union
  • Fears in Washington and Alma-Ata
  • A temporary nuclear power
  • The final push
  • Project Sapphire and the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
  • Farewell to bombs
  • Epilogue : reimagining the atomic steppe.

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