| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
702 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A terrifying prospect : Nazi Germany -- Lightning strikes : the Soviet Union 1945-1953 -- The view from above : The Soviet Union 1954-1961 -- Mao's explosive thoughts : the People's Republic of China through 1968 -- An elated general, a smiling Buddha : France and India through 1974 -- "Pariahs" : Israel, South Africa, and Taiwan through the 1970s -- The double flash : the Vela Incident: September 1979 -- Rogues : Iraq, North Korea, Libya, and Pakistan through 1991 -- "Pariahs" revisited : Israel, South Africa, and Taiwan in the 1980s and early 1990s -- Big bangs : French and Chinese testing; suspected Russian testing in the 1990s -- Pokhran surprise : Indian and Pakistani tests in May 1998 -- Inspectors and spies : Iraq from the end of the Gulf War through December 1998 -- Flawed intelligence : Iraq, 1999 - 2004 -- Trouble waiting to happen : Iran and North Korea, from the 1990s to today. |
| Summary |
A global history of U.S. nuclear espionage from its World War II origins to today's threats from rogue states. Since 1952 the nuclear club has grown to at least eight nations, while others are making serious attempts to join. Each chapter chronologically focuses on the nuclear activities of one or more countries, intermingling what the United States believed was happening with accounts of what actually occurred in each country's laboratories, test sites, and decision-making councils. Intelligence scholar Richelson weaves recently declassified documents into his interviews with the scientists and spies involved in the nuclear espionage, revealing new information about U.S. intelligence work on the Soviet/Russian, French, Chinese, Indian, Israeli, and South African nuclear programs; on the attempts to solve the mysterious Vela Incident; and on current efforts to uncover nuclear secrets of Iran and North Korea. Includes spy satellite photographs never before extracted from the National Archives.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Espionage, American.
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Nuclear weapons information.
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Nuclear weapons -- Research.
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Nuclear arms control -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0393053830 hardcover |
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9780393053838 hardcover |
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