| Collation |
xiv, 318 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-301) and index. |
| Contents |
"Bye-bye Boston" -- Nuclear extortion -- Morning light -- A low-profile decade -- Tarnished gold -- People, paper, and machines -- New enemies -- Danger and response -- A new urgency -- NEST after 9/11 -- Foreign travel -- Challenges ahead. |
| Summary |
"Shortly after 9 /11, the United States received reports that Al-Qaeda had acquired a Russian nuclear weapon and intended to detonate it in New York. That scare was not the first time U.S. officials had faced such a grave threat." "Defusing Armageddon begins in the mid-twentieth century, when the U.S. Intelligence Community developed serious concerns that the Soviet Union might smuggle a nuclear weapon into the United States. It then shows how other events over several decades - from airborne disasters that resulted in the loss of American nuclear bombs to the spread of international terrorism, to the threats of nuclear extortionists - led to the creation of a secret team of scientists and technicians in 1974, ordered to respond to any and all nuclear threats against America." |
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"Since that time, members of the Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST) have been deployed in a wide variety of circumstances: in response to nuclear extortion threats and the crash of Soviet nuclear-powered satellites, and in precautionary missions - from the 1976 Bicentennial to the 2008 Beijing Olympics - to sniff out possible terrorist bombs. Defusing Armageddon reveals the overwhelming importance of this too-little-known team of scientists and chronicles for the first time the expertise and willingness of the team members - who are willing to risk their lives to prevent a catastrophic attack."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Note |
Gift of Dr.Gary Jason. |
| Subject |
Nuclear terrorism -- United States.
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Nuclear terrorism -- United States -- Prevention.
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Nuclear weapons information.
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Nuclear arms control -- United States.
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Terrorism -- United States.
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| ISBN |
9780393065152 |
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0393065154 |
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