Unclear Physics : Why Iraq and Libya Failed to Build Nuclear Weapons /

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Many authoritarian leaders want nuclear weapons, but few manage to acquire them. Autocrats seeking nuclear weapons fail in different ways and to varying degrees - Iraq almost managed it; Libya did not come close. In this book, the author compares the two failed nuclear weapons programmes, showing th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Braut-Hegghammer, Målfrid (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Qaddafi, Muammar.
Hussein, Saddam, > 1937-2006.
Nuclear weapons > Political aspects.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Armes nucleaires > Aspect politique > Irak.
Armes nucleaires > Aspect politique > Libye.
Nuclear weapons > Political aspects > Iraq.
Nuclear weapons > Political aspects > Libya.
Libya.
Iraq.
Electronic books.
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