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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792210703321

Autore

Weiner Sharon K. <1963->

Titolo

Our own worst enemy? : institutional interests and the proliferation of nuclear weapons expertise / / Sharon K. Weiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011

ISBN

0-262-29597-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Collana

Belfer Center studies in international security

Disciplina

327.1/747

Soggetti

Expertise - Political aspects - United States

Nuclear nonproliferation - United States

Nuclear nonproliferation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Controlling the proliferation of nuclear knowledge : an introduction -- The proliferation threat -- The domestic political context of threat reduction -- Early conversion efforts at the Defense Department -- The science centers -- Initiatives for proliferation prevention -- The nuclear cities initiative -- U.S. national security, institutional interests, and the proliferation of nuclear weapons expertise.

Sommario/riassunto

An examination of the effectiveness of knowledge nonproliferation programs implemented by the United States after the fall of the Soviet Union.