PROLOGUE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. MAPS, TABLES, AND PHOTOGRAPHS ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. EXPLANATORY NOTES xv
6. ABBREVIATIONS xvii
7. PART 1: RULED BY RUSSIA, SCARRED BY NUCLEAR TESTS: KAZAKHSTAN UNDER THE RUSSIAN SHADOW
8. PROLOGUE 3
9. CHAPTER 1 THE STEPPE 12
10. CHAPTER 2 FORTY YEARS OF NUCLEAR TESTS 29
11. CHAPTER 3 THE HUMAN TOLL 54
12. CHAPTER 4 THE NATION RISES 73
13. CHAPTER 5 THE SWAN SONG OF THE SOVIET UNION 100
14. PART 2: FREEDOM DAWNS, BUT THE ARSENAL REMAINS
15. CHAPTER 6 FEARS IN WASHINGTON AND ALMA-ATA 125
16. CHAPTER 7 A TEMPORARY NUCLEAR POWER 145
17. CHAPTER 8 THE FINAL PUSH 172
18. CHAPTER 9 PROJECT SAPPHIRE AND THE NUNN-LUGAR COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM 185
19. CHAPTER 10 FAREWELL TO BOMBS 208
20. EPILOGUE REIMAGINING THE ATOMIC STEPPE 243
21. NOTES 277
22. BIBLIOGRAPHY 325
23. INDEX 351