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Book SynopsisSpying on the Bomb is an "engrossing" (
Wall Street Journal) global history of the American-led effort to spy on every nation with nuclear ambitions.
Trade Review"Richelson’s exhaustive research has uncovered the fascinating stories of how American intelligence spied on our enemies and our allies over the past six decades in an effort to discover their nuclear secrets. The mixed record of success and failure provides important lessons for today as we try to learn what the North Koreans are up to." -- Robert S. Norris, author of Racing for the Bomb
"Richelson writes with admirable clarity." -- New York Times Book Review
"Full of tense and suspenseful turns." -- Kirkus Reviews
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Spying on the Bomb…is especially damning in demonstrating how this costly array of gadgetry in the air, on land and beneath the sea still leaves us guessing about different nations’ nuclear capabilities." -- Los Angeles Times
"Searching and informed analysis of our nation’s nuclear espionage." -- Booklist
"A magisterial history of the U.S. nuclear intelligence effort." -- Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
