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Author:

Braut-Hegghammer, Malfrid, author.

Title:

Unclear physics : why Iraq and Libya failed to build nuclear weapons / Malfrid Braut-Hegghammer.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xi, 276 pages : illustrations, 2 maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Hussein, Saddam,--1937-2006.
Qaddafi, Muammar.
Nuclear weapons--Political aspects--Iraq.
Nuclear weapons--Political aspects--Libya.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Iraq explores the atom, 1956-1973 -- Ambiguity and ambition, 1973-1981 -- Saddam's nuclear weapons program, 1981-1987 -- Crises and a crash program, 1988-1991 -- Searching for uranium in Libya, 1951-1973 -- Cultural revolution and nuclear power, 1973-1981 -- Nuclear weapons remain elusive, 1982-1989 -- Sanctions, centrifuges, and exit, 1989-2003.

Series:

Cornell studies in security affairs

ISBN:

1501702785
9781501702785

OCLC:

(OCoLC)944179801

LCCN:

2016010768

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)