Pakistan's Nuclear Bomb: A Story of Defiance, Deterrence and Deviance
Published by Hurst Publishers UK, Oxford University Press, USA and Penguin, India (2018)
Book Launch at the National Defense University, Washington DC with Peter Bergen as Discussant - March 6, 2018
Book Endorsements and Reviews:
"This is the most comprehensive study to date of why and how Pakistan got the bomb and proliferated. Beyond state actors--including China, Iran, North Korea and Libya--Abbas scrutinizes the role of individuals, including A. Q. Khan, in the making of Pakistan's nuclear program and its 'dissemination'."-- Christophe Jaffrelot, Visiting Professor of Indian Politics and Sociology at the King's India Institute and author of The Pakistan Paradox
Abbas’ diligent scrutiny of public sources and his intimate knowledge of Pakistani politics make this the most authoritative study yet written of Khan’s complicated story – By Andrew Nathan, Foreign Affairs (For complete review click here)
"This judicious study of Pakistan's acquisition of nuclear weapons, and their proliferation to Iran and North Korea . . . rigorously assesses the motives and actions of the relevant state actors as well as Khan and his largely European network of proliferators."- Choice
"As good a general analysis as you can get of Pakistan's nuclear ambitions, its nuclear weapons programme and the prevailing security mindsets and world view of its military, bureaucratic, scientific and political elites."-- Open Magazine
"An important contribution to history . . . measured and objective." Asian Affairs
"A masterly history of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program. Abundant with new historical evidence and theoretically nuanced (challenging traditional dogmas), Abbas has produced what may well be a definitive account of Islamabad and the bomb."-- Amitabh Mattoo, Professor in Disarmament Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
"Abbas pulls back the veil on a largely un-known, illicit trade ... [his] intense historical analysis ... offers much needed clarity to a frightening and convoluted situation." -- NYU's Journal of International Law and Politics - For complete review click here
Book Event at Carnegie Endowment with George Percovitch and Corey Hinderstein - June 11, 2019
Book Reviews:
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| Carnegie Endowment, June 11, 2019 |
One Screw Short by Owen Bennett Jones, London Review of Books - 18 July 2019
Professor Hassan Abbas's new book delves into Pakistan's hard nuclear facts India Today, April 15, 2018
Review: Command and Control, The Hindu - March 24, 2018
Pakistan's Nuclear Gambits by Feroz Hasan Khan, Dawn, September 8, 2019
Book Review by C Uday Bhaskar, Financial Times, March 25, 2018
Book Review: How Pakistan Got the Bomb? - By Pranay Kotasthane, Indian National Interest, April 4, 2018
South Asia Voice at the Stimson Centre Review: Pakistan's Nuclear History by Syed Ali Zia Jaffery - May 2, 2018
Excerpt: Countries build nuclear bombs for four major reasons. Did Pakistan do it only because of India?, Scroll.In, Jan 22, 2018
Review by Minahil Toor for National University of Science and Technology's Journal for International Peace and Stability - January 2019
Civil Military Tensions Create Enabling Environment for Nuclear Proliferation in Pakistan, Study Claims, NayaDaur, August 2018
Excerpt: For Islam and Against America: What Fueled Pakistan’s Nuclear Black Market?, Quartx India, Jan 22, 2018
Interviews about the Book:
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| With Nobel Laureate Malala Yusufzai at Oxford |
Pakistan’s Nuclear Black market - with Maxwell Lowe, The Monsoon Project, Australia National University - April 2019
Podcast with Dr. Kamran Bokhari of Center for Global Policy, Washington DC - June 7, 2018
NDU Podcast on Pakistan and Security issues in South Asia - April 2018
Book Launch event at St. Anthony College, Oxford University - February 16, 2018
