false 54434 5 <div>In his shocking and revelatory new work, the celebrated journalist William Langewiesche investigates the burgeoning global threat of nuclear weapons production. This is the story of the inexorable drift of nuclear weapons technology from the hands of the rich into the hands of the poor. As more unstable and undeveloped nations find ways of acquiring the ultimate arms, the stakes of state-sponsored nuclear activity have soared to frightening heights. Even more disturbing is the likelihood of such weapons being manufactured and deployed by guerrilla non-state terrorists.</div><div> </div><div>Langewiesche also recounts the recent history of Abdul Qadeer Khan, the scientist at the forefront of nuclear development and trade in the Middle East who masterminded the theft and sale of centrifuge designs that helped to build Pakistan&#8217;s nuclear arsenal, and who single-handedly peddled nuclear plans to North Korea, Iran, and other potentially hostile countries. He then examines in dramatic and tangible detail the chances for nuclear terrorism.</div><div> </div><div>From Hiroshima to the present day, Langewiesche describes a reality of urgent consequence to us all. This searing, provocative, and timely report is a triumph of investigative journalism, and a masterful laying out of the most critical political problem the world now faces.</div> 928411 2007 The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor total:87|5:6|4:36|3:30|2:12|1:3| 87 291 144 24 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 10:01:43 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 10:01:43 -0800 2009 In this sobering report, William Langewiesche (formerly at The Atlantic Monthly and now at Vanity Fair) asserts that there is no way to prevent Third World countries from obtaining nuclear weapons. We can only "accept the equalities of a maturing world in which many countries have acquired atom...

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Langewiesche takes the reader through a po...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 30 22:33:04 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 22:35:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 15:52:35 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 12:45:42 -0700 2007 American Ground or his writings from the Atlantic Monthly, this is a good book to have.

Ever wonder just how easy it is to build a nuclear bomb? Just take two uranium tablets (at 75 lbs. each), a ladder, and... No spoilers!

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"...in Pakistan the intent to sell nuclear-weapons technology lay clearly in view. In 1989, for instance, the Khan Research Laboratories held the first international conference in what would be a fifteen-year serie...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 20:16:18 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 20:30:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Sep 21 16:36:22 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 15 16:31:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 11 16:05:25 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 11 16:43:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 18:52:19 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 18:55:24 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 26 10:54:04 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 11:34:01 -0800 2007
Istanbul is a great place to \\\"hide low\\\", the author purports!

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The most deeply disturbing part of the book tells how a US "ally" (Pakistan) sold key nuclear technology to the so-called "axis of evil" and we chose to look the other way and pretend that our "ally" had done no...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 23:00:06 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 08:16:07 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Fri Dec 07 16:14:37 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 07 16:15:58 -0800 2007 3 0 true false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 05 15:23:12 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 15:24:11 -0800 2007