Khan, Feroz Hassan, 1952-

Eating grass : the making of the Pakistani bomb / Feroz Hassan Khan. - xxv, 520 pages : map ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-491) and index.

Atoms for peace at crossroads of history -- Ayub's non-decision and the nuclear bomb option -- Never again -- The route to nuclear ambition -- Punishing Pakistan -- Mastery of uranium enrichment -- Procurement network in the gray market -- Building the bomb -- Mastery of plutonium production -- Military crises and nuclear signalling -- Pakistan's missile quest -- The grazing horse in the meadows -- The nuclear test decision -- The dawn of a nuclear power -- A shaky beginning : Kargil and its aftermath -- Establishment of robust command and control -- Testing the deterrent -- The unraveling of the Khan network -- Nuclear Pakistan and the world.

9780804776004 (cloth : alk. paper) 9789382264620 (HB. : alk. paper)

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Nuclear weapons--History.--Pakistan


Pakistan--Military policy.

U264.5.P18 / K43 2012

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