19 02 08 On Nuclear Terrorism
On Nuclear Terrorism by M. Levi ISBN 9780674026490If you are not a wonk, move on as this book is not for you. Thoroughly referenced, Levi's book goes into detail on the subject of nuclear terrorism and its defense. What might be surprising is that we now find ourselves somewhat more at ease than before reading it. The physics of nuclear weapons was not new to us yet much of the engineering aspects were and when viewed along side the various controls and defenses now in place, one begins to realize just how difficult a task building a very small rudimentary weapon would be to even the 'best' terrorist group. While not the fastest read due in part to the need to check the extensive footnotes, anybody who either needs to know or wants to know about this subject should read this book and not risk being lost in journalistic hyperbole or worse, government proaoganda.
Copyright 2004-2008 by Gedanken Experiment (previously Rant Street) except as otherwise noted. Our terms of use are as follows: Content on Gedanken Experiment may not be indexed, cached, reproduced or syndicated in any manner by any party whose purpose is to provide such an index, cache, reproduction or syndication of our content for a monetary fee or other consideration to their clients, customers or users. Content on Gedanken Experiment may not be copied, reproduced, republished, indexed, cached, uploaded, posted , transmitted, framed or distributed in any way, without the prior written permission of Gedanken Experiment, except that a) user may download, display, or print one copy of the materials on any single computer solely for user's use; b) user may briefly quote or excerpt for use in a review or criticism for purposes of illustration or comment or as part of a news report as per fair use guidelines of www.copyright.gov; c) internet search engines which provide the public the ability to search online content at no charge (free) may index and cache content from Gedanken Experiment which is not explicitly blocked by robots.txt; in case (a), (b) and (c) above user agrees to keep intact all copyright, trademark, and other proprietary notices of both Gedanken Experiment and any other third parties mentioned in our content. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of Gedanken Experiment's, its affiliates', or its third-party information providers' copyrights and other proprietary rights. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right under any copyright, patent, trademark, or other proprietary interest of Gedanken Experiment, its affiliates, or any third party, except as expressly set forth herein. 02-13-2007