Publisher's Synopsis
The Carter and Reagan administrations set aside concerns about the spread of nuclear weapons in order to win Pakistan's assistance in a covert war against the Soviet Union, a policy that snowballed as the U.S. continued to turn a blind eye to Pakistani nuclear trafficking after 9/11, and has seriously compromised both U.S. and world security. Drawing on exclusive interviews, classified records, and secret government records, and secret government reports, this book provides an entirely new persepctive on the so-called A.Q. Khan nuclear black market scandal.