Our Own Worst Enemy?: Institutional Interests and the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Expertise

by Sharon K. Weiner

Book Overview

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

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, many observers feared that terrorists and rogue states would obtain weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or knowledge about how to build them from the vast Soviet nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons complex. The United States launched a major effort...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026201565X
• ISBN13: 9780262015653
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher