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This book analyses US and UK efforts to shut down Pakistan's
nuclear programme in the 1970s, between the catalytic Indian
nuclear test of May 1974 and the decline of sustained
non-proliferation activity from mid-1979 onwards. It is a tale of
cooperation between Washington and London, but also a story of
divisions and disputes. The brutal economic realities of the
decade, globalisation, and wider geopolitical challenges all
complicated this relationship. Policy and action were also affected
by changes elsewhere in the world. Iran's 1979 revolution brought a
new form of political Islamic radicalism to prominence. The fears
engendered by the Ayatollah and his followers, coupled to the
blustering rhetoric of Pakistani leaders, gave rise to the 'Islamic
bomb', a nuclear weapon supposedly created by Pakistan to be shared
amongst the Muslim ummah. This study thus combines cultural,
diplomatic, economic, and political history to offer a rigorous,
deeply researched account of a critical moment in nuclear history.
This book analyses US and UK efforts to shut down Pakistan's
nuclear programme in the 1970s, between the catalytic Indian
nuclear test of May 1974 and the decline of sustained
non-proliferation activity from mid-1979 onwards. It is a tale of
cooperation between Washington and London, but also a story of
divisions and disputes. The brutal economic realities of the
decade, globalisation, and wider geopolitical challenges all
complicated this relationship. Policy and action were also affected
by changes elsewhere in the world. Iran's 1979 revolution brought a
new form of political Islamic radicalism to prominence. The fears
engendered by the Ayatollah and his followers, coupled to the
blustering rhetoric of Pakistani leaders, gave rise to the 'Islamic
bomb', a nuclear weapon supposedly created by Pakistan to be shared
amongst the Muslim ummah. This study thus combines cultural,
diplomatic, economic, and political history to offer a rigorous,
deeply researched account of a critical moment in nuclear history.
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