On nuclear terrorism /

Nuclear terrorism is such a disturbing prospect that we shy away from its details. Yet as a consequence, we fail to understand how best to defeat it. Michael Levi takes us inside nuclear terrorism and behind the decisions a terrorist leader would be faced with in pursuing a nuclear plot. Along the w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Levi, Michael A.
Corporate Author:	Council on Foreign Relations
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press : In cooperation with the Council on Foreign Relations, 2007.
Subjects:	Nuclear terrorism > United States > Prevention. Nuclear weapons > Government policy > United States. Terrorism > Government policy > United States. National security > United States. Terrorisme. Kernwapens. Terrorismus. Sicherheitspolitik. Kernwaffe. Prävention. USA. National security. Nuclear terrorism > Prevention. Nuclear weapons > Government policy. Terrorism > Government policy. United States. Radioaktiver Stoff. Bekämpfung.
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Table of Contents:

Prologue
Principles for defense
Security at the source
Building blocks
The beginnings of a true system
Warning
A wider universe of nuclear plots and defenses
The way forward
Appendix: Radiation detection and weapons effects calculations.