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Achieving Nuclear Ambitions: Scientists, Politicians, and Proliferation First Trade Paperback Edition

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Despite 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.
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    978-1843152316
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  4. Publisher
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  5. Publication date
    March 26, 2012
  6. Language
    English
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  8. Print length
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    5.0 out of 5 stars A Thoughtful Review of Nuclear Proliferation
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    Finally someone has pieced together most of the factors that cause a state to consider building nuclear weapons and succeed. Jacques Hymans has studied a number of states and reached conclusions that may upset the common wisdom. He points out how few states have had successful nuclear weapons programs in the last decades and analyzes the reasons for failure. The role of informed management, competent technical staff, revered leadership and program management turn out to be major factors in success. Hymans uses statistics and data to make his case. He is very open about his choice of data and is willing to consider that some variables cannot be accurately qualified. That said, his intellectual honesty makes for a satisfying book.

    This is a must read for serious nuclear nonproliferation analysts.
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