 | Unclear Physics: Why Iraq and Libya Failed to Build Nuclear Weapons Subjects: Nuclear weapons -- Political aspects -- Iraq; Nuclear weapons -- Political aspects -- Libya; Hussein Saddam 1937—2006; Qaddafi Muammar; Many authoritarian leaders want nuclear weapons, but few manage to acquire them. Autocrats seeking nuclear weapons fail in different ways and to varying degrees--Iraq almost managed it; Libya did not come close. In Unclear Physics , Malfrid Braut-Hegghammer compares the two failed nuclear weapons programs. Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo. |
