Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?

Brian Michael Jenkins

Posted on rand.org Aug 2, 2008

According to a British intelligence report leaked to the press in 2007, al Qaeda operatives are planning a large-scale attack “on par with Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” But just how likely is such an attack? Offering insights into vital questions of national security, presidential decisionmaking, and terrorist motives, world-renowned terrorism expert Brian Michael Jenkins examines how terrorists think about nuclear weapons and nuclear terror.

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  • Copyright: Brian Michael Jenkins
  • Publisher: Prometheus Books
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2008
  • Pages: 410
  • Document Number: CB-413

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