Peddling Peril: How the Secret Nuclear Trade Arms America's Enemies - Rilegato

Albright, David

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ISBN 10: 1416549315 ISBN 13: 9781416549314

Casa editrice: Free Pr, 2010

Riassunto

“THE UNLEASHED POWER OF THE ATOM HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING SAVE OUR MODES OF THINKING, AND WE THUS DRIFT TOWARD UNPARALLELED CATASTROPHE.” —ALBERT EINSTEIN

With the revelation of Iran’s secret uranium enrichment facilities, North Korea’s brazen testing of missiles and nuclear weapons, and nuclear-endowed Pakistan’s descent into instability, the urgency of the nuclear proliferation problem has never been greater. Based on his extensive experience in tracking the illicit nuclear trade as one of the world’s foremost proliferation experts, in Peddling Peril David Albright offers a harrowing narrative of the frighteningly large cracks through which nuclear weapons traffi ckers—such as Pakistani nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan—continue to slip.

Six years after the arrest of Khan, the networks he established continue to thrive, with black markets sprouting up across the globe. The dramatic takedown of the leader of the world’s largest and most perilous smuggling network was originally considered a model of savvy detection by intelligence and enforcement agencies, including the CIA and MI6. But, as Albright chronicles, the prosecutions of traffickers that were much anticipated have not come to pass, and Khan himself was released from house arrest in February 2009.

Iran, Pakistan, and North Korea all use statesponsored smuggling networks that easily bypass export regulations and avoid detection. Albright illuminates how these networks have learned many ways to trick suppliers across the globe, including many in the United States, into selling them vital parts, and why, despite the fact that, since 2007, several dozen companies have been indicted—with some pleading guilty—for suspicion of participating in illicit trade, very few prosecutions have been achieved.

Peddling Peril charts the dealings of several of these companies. Albright also reports on the hopeful story of the German company Leybold’s decision to become an industry watchdog, and shows how this story reveals just how effective corporate monitoring and government cooperation would be if more serious efforts were made. Concluding with a detailed plan for clamping down tightly on the illicit trade, Albright shows the way forward in the vital mission of freeing the world of this terrifying menace.

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Recensione:

"David Albright, a respected chronicler of undercover nuclear shenanigans, tells [an] alarming story: just how little most governments have done to halt the bomb’s spread....the book’s real value is in pulling...clear threads from the facts and speculation." (The Economist)

“Albright traces in disturbing detail exactly how nuclear technology has proliferated worldwide in the last 20 years... A book that puts into context our genuine nuclear peril while offering concrete ideas on how to reduce it.” (Booklist)

“...rewarding... Albright paints a frightening picture of a future rife with unregulated nuclear armament...Worthwhile reading for policy wonks...” (Kirkus)

"...[V]ery eye-opening..." (Kiran Chetry American Morning)

"It's chilling stuff we have in here [...] thanks for writing this book." (Wolf Blitzer The Situation Room)

"...[A]n in-depth account of how the maligned AQ Khan network through espionage and stealing build the nuclear plant and finally weapon for Pakistan." (Right Vision News)

"This book will shake up even the most complacent among us. The Pakistani scientist A.G. Khan and his global smuggling network of nuclear secrets is the book’s central case study, but despite Khan’s arrest years back, the market for such illicit information continues to thrive and elude event the savviest of government watchdogs." (Washingtonpost.com)

L'autore:

David Albright is the founder and president of the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), the most respected investigative organization monitoring proliferation. A former intelligence analyst for the CIA and the NSA, he has been cited often in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, and Time and has appeared regularly on national news shows, including The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, ABC’s World News Tonight, 60 Minutes, and Charlie Rose. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

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• Editore: Free Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1416549315
• ISBN 13: 9781416549314
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 295