Achieving Nuclear Ambitions - Scientists, Politicians, and Proliferation (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2012
First published:	February 2012
Authors:	Jacques E.C. Hymans (Associate Professor of International Relations)
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-76700-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Science funding & policy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Weapons & equipment > Nuclear weapons Promotions
LSN:	0-521-76700-8
Barcode:	9780521767002

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