Avoiding nuclear anarchy : containing the threat of loose Russian nuclear weapons and fissile material / Graham T. Allison ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Allison, Graham T.

Series:

CSIA studies in international security ; no. 12.

CSIA studies in international security ; no. 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear terrorism--Prevention.

Nuclear terrorism.

Nuclear industry--Security measures--Former Soviet republics.

Nuclear industry.

Nuclear nonproliferation--Government policy--United States.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Nuclear nonproliferation--Government policy.

Nuclear industry--Security measures.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 295 pages : map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1996]

Summary:

As the most open society on a shrinking planet, the United States has no reliable defense against smuggled weapons fashioned from black-market materials by a determined state or terrorist group. "Avoiding Nuclear Anarchy" highlights the fact that the only way to combat the threat is by preventing nuclear leakage in the first place. Its message is both timely and urgent: it outlines the new nuclear danger and details how to reshape U.S. national security policy to deal with these dangers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

026251088X

OCLC:

33104782