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In his shocking and revelatory new work, the celebrated journalist William Langewiesche investigates the burgeoning global threat of nuclear weapons production. The Atomic Bazaar is the story of the inexorable drift of nuclear weapons technology from the hands of the rich into the hands of the indegent. As more unstable and undeveloped nations find means of acquiring the best arms, the stakes of state-sponsored nuclear activity have soared to frightening heights. Even more disturbing is the probability of such weapons being created and deployed by guerrilla non-state terrorists.Langewiesche also recounts the recent history of Abdul Qadeer Khan, the scientist at the forefront of nuclear development and trade in the centre East who masterminded the theft and sale of centrifuge designs that helped to develop Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, and who single-handedly peddled nuclear plans to North Korea, Iran, and other potentially hostile countries. Then examines in dramatic and tangible detail the probabilities for nuclear terrorism.From Hiroshima for this day, Langewiesche describes a reality of urgent consequence to people. This searing, provocative, and timely report is a triumph of investigative journalism, and a masterful laying out of the most critical political problem the world now faces.
