ABSTRACT
Israel's Nuclear History
Edwin S. Cochran
Beginning with the earliest years of the state, this essay provides a detailed, historical account of the development of Israel's nuclear-weapon capability. Dividing the development of Israel's nuclear programme into five distinct chronological phases, the author investigates both the debates within the state's political, military and scientific elite in each stage and the actual efforts to build up the human and scientific resources needed to pursue the nuclear path.
