Nuclear Proliferation Today

Résumé du livre

First of a proposed series of annual reports on worldwide nuclear holdings from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, this volume chronicles the history of proliferation, considers its dynamics, and makes some prognoses based on international relations, stated development programs, the superpower's uranium and plutonium acquisitions and nuclear plant construction and activity. Spector provides information on who today's emerging nuclear powers are, how close they are to the nuclear threshold, and why international efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons are ineffective. ISBN 0-394-72901-3 (pbk.) : $4.95.