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David Armstrong and Joseph Trento provide a new and unrivalled perspective on the so-called A.Q. Khan nuclear black market scandal, including exclusive accounts from customs agents, intelligence analysts, and other ground-level front-line operatives. Documented in these pages are maddening experiences of official interference and breathtaking instances of indifference and incompetence. Trento and Armstrong name names and reveal stunning new information about proliferators in an exposé that is sure to generate headlines. This secret history of how the Islamic bomb was developed and how nuclear arms have proliferated is as fascinating as it is disturbing.

The United States — from Carter and Reagan, through Bush I, Clinton, and the current president — and other Western governments knew all along that Pakistan was first developing and then exporting nuclear technology, yet consistently turned a blind eye in order to gain Pakistan’s cooperation during the Cold War and, more recently, in the war on terror.

As a result of this Faustian bargain, nuclear technology has been allowed to spread far and wide, dramatically increasing the chances that terrorists or unfriendly regimes will someday get their hands on an atomic device.

Benazir Bhutto Presented with First Copy of America and the Islamic Bomb

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto accepted the first copy of America and the Islamic Bomb from author David Armstrong in late September 2007.  The meeting took place in Washington, DC, as Bhutto prepared to return to Pakistan to stand for election.