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Preface: Confronting the Spector of Nuclear Terrorism

Preface: Confronting the Spector of Nuclear Terrorism

Book Chapter, Confronting the Spector of Nuclear Terrorism, pages 6-9

September 2006

Author: Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School

Belfer Center Programs or Projects: International Security; Science, Technology, and Public Policy; Managing the Atom

 

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For Academic Citation:

Allison, Graham. "Preface: Confronting the Spector of Nuclear Terrorism." Chap. in Confronting the Spector of Nuclear Terrorism. Philadelphia: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, September 2006.

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Reducing Nuclear Threats and Preventing Nuclear Terrorism
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<em>International Security</em>

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Graham Allison, founding dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, a former top official at the Pentagon, and one of America’s leading scholars of nuclear strategy and national security, presents the evidence and argument that led him to two provocative conclusions: a nuclear terrorist attack on an American city is inevitable on our current course and speed, but preventable if we act now. 

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