No End in Sight

by Busch, Nathan E.

• ISBN13: 9780813123233
• ISBN10: 0813123232
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-08
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky

Summary

The global threat posed by weapons of mass destruction is one of today's key policy issues. Using a wide variety of sources, including recently declassified information, Nathan E. Busch scrutinizes the nuclear programs of the United States, Russia, China, Pakistan, and India. He analyzes the emerging nuclear capabilities of Iran and North Korea, nations whose possession and maintenance of nuclear weapons could present serious cause for international concern. Busch also discusses the nuclear weapons program discovered in Iraq after the 1991 Gulf War, the controversies over the continued existence of that program before the 2003 Iraq War, and the discoveries that have followed the toppling of the Ba'athist regime.

Author Biography

Nathan E. Busch is assistant professor in the Department of Government and Public Affairs at Christopher Newport University.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	viii
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	x
Acknowledgments	xv
1. Introduction: The Proliferation Debate	1	(32)
2. The United States	33	(51)
3. Russia	84	(48)
4. China	132	(42)
5. India and Pakistan	174	(50)
6. Newly Proliferating States: Iraq, North Korea, and Iran	224	(57)
7. Conclusions	281	(34)
Appendix: Current IAEA-Related Standards for MPC&A	315	(16)
Notes	331	(98)
Bibliography	429	(33)
Index	462