Defusing Armageddon: Inside NEST, America's Secret Nuclear Bomb Squad
ISBN-13:
9780393065152
ISBN-10:
0393065154
Edition:
1
Author:
Jeffrey T. Richelson
Publication date:
2009
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Format:
Hardcover
416 pages
Category:
Weapons & Warfare
,
Military History
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ISBN-13:
9780393065152
ISBN-10:
0393065154
Edition:
1
Author:
Jeffrey T. Richelson
Publication date:
2009
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Format:
Hardcover
416 pages
Category:
Weapons & Warfare
,
Military History
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Defusing Armageddon: Inside NEST, America's Secret Nuclear Bomb Squad (ISBN-13: 9780393065152 and ISBN-10: 0393065154), written by authors
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The first in-depth examination of NEST: America's super-secret government agency operating to prevent nuclear terrorist attacks.
Jeffrey T. Richelson reveals the history of the Nuclear Emergency Support Team, from the events leading to its creation in 1974 to today. Defusing Armageddon provides a behind-the-scenes look at NEST's personnel, operations, and detection and disablement equipment--employed in response to attempts at nuclear extortion, lost and stolen nuclear material, crashed nuclear-powered Soviet satellites, and al Qaeda's quest for nuclear weapons. Richelson traces the Cosmos satellite that crashed into the Canadian wilderness; nuclear threats to Los Angeles, New York, and other cities; and the surveillance of Muslim sites in the United States after 9/11. Relying on recently declassified documents and interviews with former NEST personnel, Richelson's extensive research reveals how NEST operated during the Cold War, how the agency has evolved, and its current efforts to reduce the chance of a nuclear device decimating an American city. 16 pages of illustrations; 4 mapsWe would LOVE it if you could help us and other readers by reviewing the book
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