It also produced unexpected consequences such as illicit proliferation to other countries largely outside of the Pakistani state's control.Īs Pakistan's nuclear deterrent program continues to grow, "Pakistan's Pathway to the Bomb" provides fresh insights into how this nuclear power has evolved in the past and where it stands today. He shows how personal ambitions and politics within Pakistan's strategic enclave generated inter-laboratory competition in the nuclear establishment, which determined nuclear choices for the country for more than two decades. With the publication of "Pakistan's Pathway to the Bomb: Ambitions, Politics, and Rivalries", author Mansoor Ahmed offers a revisionist history of Pakistan's nuclear program and the bureaucratic politics that shaped its development from its inception in 1956 until the 1998 nuclear tests.ĭrawing on elite interviews and previously untapped primary sources, Ahmed offers a fresh assessment of the actual and perceived roles and contributions of the scientists and engineers who led the nuclear program. While it is no secret why Pakistan became a nuclear power, how Pakistan became a nuclear state has been obscured by mythmaking. Synopsis: The Islamic country of Pakistan's pathway to developing nuclear weapons remains shrouded in mystery and surrounded by misconceptions. He is also a member of the Bay Area History of Medicine Society, the American Osler Society, and the American Association for the History of Medicine.ģ240 Prospect Street, NW, Washington, DC 20007 After a decades-long career in the medical field, Frierson continues his longstanding interest in the history of medicine with the publication of Guarding the Golden Gate. Gordon Frierson, MD, is clinical professor emeritus in the Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco. Quarantine Station in San Francisco Bay" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $28.45).Įditorial Note: J. It should be noted for the personal reading lists of students, academia, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that "Guarding the Golden Gate: A History of the U.S. Quarantine Station in San Francisco Bay" is unreservedly recommended for community and academic library American Medical History & Epidemiology collections. Informative enhanced for the reader with the inclusion of a twelve page Bibliography, twenty-eight pages of Notes, and a fourteen page Index, "Guarding the Golden Gate: A History of the U.S.
Quarantine Station in San Francisco Bay" provides an insightful study revealing the efforts of the country's then fledgling federal medical agency to maintain the public's safety during a communicable disease health crisis. With the advancement of the understanding of infectious diseases and the development of treatments, the facility shuttered its doors in 1949.Ĭritique: A comprehensively detailed and impressively presented medical history, "Guarding the Golden Gate: A History of the U.S. Gordon Frierson covers the creation and operation of the quarantine station, which is integral to San Francisco's history, and reveals the steps taken to prevent the spread of diseases the political struggles over the establishment of a national quarantine station and the day-to-day life of the immigrants and staff inhabiting the island. Quarantine Station in San Francisco Bay", Professor J. With the publication of "Guarding the Golden Gate: A History of the U.S. This episode convinced port authorities better means of quarantining infected ships were necessary. The steamer was held in quarantine for weeks, during which time more passengers contracted the disease. In 1882, a steamer from Hong Kong arrived carrying over 800 Chinese passengers, including one who had smallpox. Synopsis: As a major seaport, San Francisco struggled to control infectious diseases carried by passengers on ships entering the Bay. Table of Contents Able Greenspan's Bookshelf Book Lover Resources, Advice for Writers and Publishers
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