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Shopping for Bombs: Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and the Rise and Fall of the A.Q. Khan Network

by Gordon Corera

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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 guardednuclear 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 Was… (more)
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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 guardednuclear 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 Was

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