Description: In SHOPPING FOR BOMBS, Gordon Corera provides a stunning account of the activities of Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan and his efforts to develop a nuclear bomb for Pakistan to balance the one developed by India. Khan put together an intric...
Synopsis In SHOPPING FOR BOMBS, Gordon Corera provides a stunning account of the activities of Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan and his efforts to develop a nuclear bomb for Pakistan to balance the one developed by India. Khan put together an intricate international scheme to gain knowledge and materials; to fund his project, he also created an international network of clients--all of which escaped detection in the 1990s by America’s CIA. Corera tells how Khan’s scheme was exposed after 9/11, and considers the unanswered questions about who (Iran?) has this information, and what they plan to do with it.
Details
Publication Date:
2006-09-01
Size
Length:
288 pages
Height:
9.3 in
Width:
6.0 in
Thickness:
1.0 in
Weight:
20.5 oz
Publisher's Note The riveting, inside story of the rise and fall of AQ Khan and his role in the devastating spread of nuclear technology over the last thirty years is told through this unique window into the challenges of stopping a new nuclear arms race.