Atomic steppe: how Kazakhstan gave up the bomb

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- MAPS, TABLES, AND PHOTOGRAPHS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- EXPLANATORY NOTES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PART 1: RULED BY RUSSIA, SCARRED BY NUCLEAR TESTS: KAZAKHSTAN UNDER THE RUSSIAN SHADOW -- PROLOGUE -- CHAPTER 1 THE STEPPE -- CHAPTER 2 FORTY YEARS OF NUCLEAR TESTS -- CHAPTER 3 THE HUMAN TOLL -- CHAPTER 4 THE NATION RISES -- CHAPTER 5 THE SWAN SONG OF THE SOVIET UNION -- PART 2: FREEDOM DAWNS, BUT THE ARSENAL REMAINS -- CHAPTER 6 FEARS IN WASHINGTON AND ALMA-ATA -- CHAPTER 7 A TEMPORARY NUCLEAR POWER -- CHAPTER 8 THE FINAL PUSH -- CHAPTER 9 PROJECT SAPPHIRE AND THE NUNN-LUGAR COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM -- CHAPTER 10 FAREWELL TO BOMBS -- EPILOGUE REIMAGINING THE ATOMIC STEPPE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

The steppe -- Forty years of nuclear tests -- The human toll -- The nation rises -- The swan song of the Soviet Union -- Fears in Washington and Alma-Ata -- A temporary nuclear power -- The final push -- Project Sapphire and the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program -- Farewell to bombs -- Epilogue : reimagining the atomic steppe.