Atomic Assistance: How Atoms for Peace Programs Cause Nuclear Insecurity

by Matthew Fuhrmann

Book Overview

Nuclear technology is dual use in nature, meaning that it can be used to produce nuclear energy or to build nuclear weapons. Despite security concerns about proliferation, the United States and other nuclear nations have regularly shared with other countries nuclear technology, materials, and knowledge for peaceful purposes. In Atomic Assistance, Matthew Fuhrmann argues that governments use peaceful nuclear assistance as a tool of economic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080145090X
• ISBN13: 9780801450907
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"