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The history of Pakistan's nuclear program is the history of
Pakistan. Fascinated with the new nuclear science, the young
nation's leaders launched a nuclear energy program in 1956 and
consciously interwove nuclear developments into the broader
narrative of Pakistani nationalism. Then, impelled first by the
1965 and 1971 India-Pakistan Wars, and more urgently by India's
first nuclear weapon test in 1974, Pakistani senior officials
tapped into the country's pool of young nuclear scientists and
engineers and molded them into a motivated cadre committed to
building the 'ultimate weapon.' The tenacity of this group and the
central place of its mission in Pakistan's national identity
allowed the program to outlast the perennial political crises of
the next 20 years, culminating in the test of a nuclear device in
1998. Written by a 30-year professional in the Pakistani Army who
played a senior role formulating and advocating Pakistan's security
policy on nuclear and conventional arms control, this book tells
the compelling story of how and why Pakistan's government,
scientists, and military, persevered in the face of a wide array of
obstacles to acquire nuclear weapons. It lays out the conditions
that sparked the shift from a peaceful quest to acquire nuclear
energy into a full-fledged weapons program, details how the nuclear
program was organized, reveals the role played by outside powers in
nuclear decisions, and explains how Pakistani scientists overcome
the many technical hurdles they encountered. Thanks to General
Khan's unique insider perspective, it unveils and unravels the
fascinating and turbulent interplay of personalities and
organizations that took place and reveals how international
opposition to the program only made it an even more significant
issue of national resolve. Listen to a podcast of a related
presentation by Feroz Khan at the Stanford Center for International
Security and Cooperation.
The history of Pakistan's nuclear program is the history of
Pakistan. Fascinated with the new nuclear science, the young
nation's leaders launched a nuclear energy program in 1956 and
consciously interwove nuclear developments into the broader
narrative of Pakistani nationalism. Then, impelled first by the
1965 and 1971 India-Pakistan Wars, and more urgently by India's
first nuclear weapon test in 1974, Pakistani senior officials
tapped into the country's pool of young nuclear scientists and
engineers and molded them into a motivated cadre committed to
building the 'ultimate weapon.' The tenacity of this group and the
central place of its mission in Pakistan's national identity
allowed the program to outlast the perennial political crises of
the next 20 years, culminating in the test of a nuclear device in
1998.
Written by a 30-year professional in the Pakistani Army who played
a senior role formulating and advocating Pakistan's security policy
on nuclear and conventional arms control, this book tells the
compelling story of how and why Pakistan's government, scientists,
and military, persevered in the face of a wide array of obstacles
to acquire nuclear weapons. It lays out the conditions that sparked
the shift from a peaceful quest to acquire nuclear energy into a
full-fledged weapons program, details how the nuclear program was
organized, reveals the role played by outside powers in nuclear
decisions, and explains how Pakistani scientists overcome the many
technical hurdles they encountered. Thanks to General Khan's unique
insider perspective, it unveils and unravels the fascinating and
turbulent interplay of personalities and organizations that took
place and reveals how international opposition to the program only
made it an even more significant issue of national resolve.
Listen to a podcast of a related presentation by Feroz Khan at the
Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation.
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