Description
Shopping for Bombs: Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and the Rise and Fall of the A.Q. Khan Network is a book by Gordon Corera published by Oxford University Press, USA. It details the rise and fall of A.Q. Khan, a central figure in the global black market for nuclear technology. The book explores Khans clandestine network that supplied nuclear secrets to Iran, North Korea, and Libya.
Key features:
- Inside story of A.Q. Khans nuclear network
- Revelations on dealings among rogue states
- Insights into Irans nuclear ambitions
- Account of CIA and MI6 penetration of Khans network
- Details on dealings with Muammar Gadaffi and Libyas nuclear renunciation
- Explores the challenges of stopping a nuclear arms race