Waiting for Dimona: The United States and Israel's development of nuclear capabilityFootnote

Matteo Gerlini is research fellow at the Machiavelli Centre for Cold War Studies at the University of Florence. His current research involves the political history of nuclear energy and the international history of Mediterranean countries. He is participating in research projects at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Pompeu Fabra University, CSDC of Florence University.

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