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020			_a9781139049429 (ebook)
020			_z9780521767002 (hardback)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aJZ5665 _b.H95 2012
082	0	0	_a623.4/5119091724 _223
100	1		_aHymans, Jacques E. C., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAchieving Nuclear Ambitions : _bScientists, Politicians, and Proliferation / _cJacques E. C. Hymans.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource (328 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aDespite the global spread of nuclear hardware and knowledge, at least half of the nuclear weapons projects launched since 1970 have definitively failed, and even the successful projects have generally needed far more time than expected. To explain this puzzling slowdown in proliferation, Jacques E. C. Hymans focuses on the relations between politicians and scientific and technical workers in developing countries. By undermining the workers' spirit of professionalism, developing country rulers unintentionally thwart their own nuclear ambitions. Combining rich theoretical analysis, in-depth historical case studies of Iraq, China, Yugoslavia and Argentina and insightful analyses of current-day proliferant states, Achieving Nuclear Ambitions develops a powerful new perspective that effectively counters the widespread fears of a coming cascade of new nuclear powers.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521767002
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139049429
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37965 _d37965