Unclear physics : why Iraq and Libya failed to build nuclear weapons /
Braut-Hegghammer, Malfrid
Unclear physics : why Iraq and Libya failed to build nuclear weapons / Malfrid Braut-Hegghammer - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016 - (276 p.) - Cornell Studies in Security Affairs .
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 Unclear Physics, Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer compares the two failed nuclear weapons programs, showing that state capacity played a crucial role in the trajectory and outcomes of both projects. Braut-Hegghammer draws on a rich set of new primary sources, collected during years of research in archives, fieldwork across the Middle East, and interviews with scientists and decision makers from both states. She gained access to documents and individuals that no other researcher has been able to consult. Her book tells the story of the Iraqi and Libyan programs from their origins in the late 1950s and 1960s until their dismantling
9781501702785
Husein, Saddam (1937-2006)
Kadhafi, Muammar (1942-2011)
حسين، صدام (1937-2006)
القذافي، معمر (1942-2011)
POLITIQUE DE DEFENSE
SECURITE INTERNATIONALE
REGIME POLITIQUE
ARME NUCLEAIRE
LIBYE
IRAQ
342.6120412
Unclear physics : why Iraq and Libya failed to build nuclear weapons / Malfrid Braut-Hegghammer - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016 - (276 p.) - Cornell Studies in Security Affairs .
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 Unclear Physics, Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer compares the two failed nuclear weapons programs, showing that state capacity played a crucial role in the trajectory and outcomes of both projects. Braut-Hegghammer draws on a rich set of new primary sources, collected during years of research in archives, fieldwork across the Middle East, and interviews with scientists and decision makers from both states. She gained access to documents and individuals that no other researcher has been able to consult. Her book tells the story of the Iraqi and Libyan programs from their origins in the late 1950s and 1960s until their dismantling
9781501702785
Husein, Saddam (1937-2006)
Kadhafi, Muammar (1942-2011)
حسين، صدام (1937-2006)
القذافي، معمر (1942-2011)
POLITIQUE DE DEFENSE
SECURITE INTERNATIONALE
REGIME POLITIQUE
ARME NUCLEAIRE
LIBYE
IRAQ
342.6120412