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America, Britain and Pakistan´s Nuclear Weapons Programme, 1974-1980: A Dream of Nightmare Proportions
Malcolm M. Craig
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Description for America, Britain and Pakistan´s Nuclear Weapons Programme, 1974-1980: A Dream of Nightmare Proportions
Hardback. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJK; HBW; JPA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book analyses US and UK efforts to shut down Pakistan's nuclear programme in the 1970s, between the catalytic Indian nuclear test of May 1974 and the decline of sustained non-proliferation activity from mid-1979 onwards. It is a tale of cooperation between Washington and London, but also a story of divisions and disputes. The brutal economic realities of the decade, globalisation, and wider geopolitical challenges all complicated this relationship. Policy and action were also affected by changes elsewhere in the world. Iran's 1979 revolution brought a new form of political Islamic radicalism ... Read more
This book analyses US and UK efforts to shut down Pakistan's nuclear programme in the 1970s, between the catalytic Indian nuclear test of May 1974 and the decline of sustained non-proliferation activity from mid-1979 onwards. It is a tale of cooperation between Washington and London, but also a story of divisions and disputes. The brutal economic realities of the decade, globalisation, and wider geopolitical challenges all complicated this relationship. Policy and action were also affected by changes elsewhere in the world. Iran's 1979 revolution brought a new form of political Islamic radicalism ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
319
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319518794
SKU
V9783319518794
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Ref
99-15
About Malcolm M. Craig
Malcolm Craig gained his PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2014, and has taught at Edinburgh, UK, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ, and is currently Lecturer in History at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. His research focuses on American and British foreign policy in the post-1945 period, with particular interests in national security, nuclear proliferation, state secrecy, and the ... Read more
Reviews for America, Britain and Pakistan´s Nuclear Weapons Programme, 1974-1980: A Dream of Nightmare Proportions
It is a book that exemplifies the limitations of American global power in the precarious times of the 1970s. ... It is an important book for scholars of twentieth-century international history, post-1947 South Asia, the history of foreign relations, transatlantic relations, and those passionate about politics of nuclear weapons and nuclear technologies. ... Craig's meticulously researched monograph fills an important ... Read more