UID:
almahu_9949481393602882
Umfang:
1 online resource (384 p.)
ISBN:
9781503629936
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9783110993899
Inhalt:
Atomic Steppe tells the untold true story of how the obscure country of Kazakhstan said no to the most powerful weapons in human history. With the fall of the Soviet Union, the marginalized Central Asian republic suddenly found itself with the world's fourth largest nuclear arsenal on its territory. Would it give up these fire-ready weapons-or try to become a Central Asian North Korea? This book takes us inside Kazakhstan's extraordinary and little-known nuclear history from the Soviet period to the present. For Soviet officials, Kazakhstan's steppe was not an ecological marvel or beloved homeland, but an empty patch of dirt ideal for nuclear testing. Two-headed lambs were just the beginning of the resulting public health disaster for Kazakhstan-compounded, when the Soviet Union collapsed, by the daunting burden of becoming an overnight nuclear power. Equipped with intimate personal perspective and untapped archival resources, Togzhan Kassenova introduces us to the engineers turned diplomats, villagers turned activists, and scientists turned pacifists who worked toward disarmament. With thousands of nuclear weapons still present around the world, the story of how Kazakhs gave up their nuclear inheritance holds urgent lessons for global security.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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MAPS, TABLES, AND PHOTOGRAPHS --
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
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EXPLANATORY NOTES --
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ABBREVIATIONS --
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PART 1: RULED BY RUSSIA, SCARRED BY NUCLEAR TESTS: KAZAKHSTAN UNDER THE RUSSIAN SHADOW --
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PROLOGUE --
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CHAPTER 1 THE STEPPE --
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CHAPTER 2 FORTY YEARS OF NUCLEAR TESTS --
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CHAPTER 3 THE HUMAN TOLL --
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CHAPTER 4 THE NATION RISES --
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CHAPTER 5 THE SWAN SONG OF THE SOVIET UNION --
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PART 2: FREEDOM DAWNS, BUT THE ARSENAL REMAINS --
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CHAPTER 6 FEARS IN WASHINGTON AND ALMA-ATA --
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CHAPTER 7 A TEMPORARY NUCLEAR POWER --
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CHAPTER 8 THE FINAL PUSH --
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CHAPTER 9 PROJECT SAPPHIRE AND THE NUNN-LUGAR COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM --
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CHAPTER 10 FAREWELL TO BOMBS --
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EPILOGUE REIMAGINING THE ATOMIC STEPPE --
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NOTES --
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BIBLIOGRAPHY --
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INDEX
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Political Science 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110994513
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Political Science 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994407
In:
Stanford University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110766486
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1515/9781503629936
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503629936
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781503629936
