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Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and the Rise and Fall of the A.Q. Khan Network
Oxford University Press
September 2006
On Sale: September 1, 2006
304 pages ISBN: 0195304950 EAN: 9780195304954 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
A.Q. Khan was the world's leading black market dealer in
nuclear technology, described by a former CIA Director as
"at least as dangerous as Osama bin Laden." A hero in
Pakistan and revered as the Father of the Bomb, Khan built a
global clandestine network that sold the most closely guarded
nuclear secrets to Iran, North Korea, and Libya. Here for the first time is the riveting inside story of the
rise and fall of A.Q. Khan and his role in the devastating
spread of nuclear technology over the last thirty years.
Drawing on exclusive interviews with key players in
Islamabad, London, and Washington, as well as with members
of Khan's
own network, BBC journalist Gordon Corera paints a truly
unsettling picture of the ultimate arms bazaar. Corera
reveals how Khan operated within a world of shadowy deals
among rogue states and how his privileged position in
Pakistan provided him with the protection to build his
unique and deadly
business empire. It explains why and how he was able to
operate so freely for so many years. Brimming with revelations, the book provides new insight
into Iran's nuclear ambitions and how close Tehran may be to
the bomb. In addition, the book contains startling new information on
how the CIA and MI6 penetrated Khan's network, how the U.S.
and UK ultimately broke Khan's ring, and how they persuaded
Pakistan's President Musharraf to arrest a national hero.
The book also provides the first detailed account of the
high-wire dealings with Muammar Gadaffi, which led to
Libya's renunciation of nuclear weapons and which played a
key role in Khan's downfall. The spread of nuclear weapons technology around the globe
presents the greatest security challenge of our time.
Shopping for Bombs presents a unique window into the
challenges of stopping a new nuclear arms race, a race that
A.Q. Khan himself did more than any other individual to promote.
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