How Long to Read Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?

How Long Does it Take to Read Will Terrorists Go Nuclear??

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 48 minutes to read Will Terrorists Go Nuclear? by Brian Michael Jenkins

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Foreword by Sen. Gary Hart, Co-Chair, Commission on National SecurityPreface by Thomas C. Schelling, Nobel LaureateIntroduction by Gov. James Gilmore, Chair, Advisory Panel on Weapons of Mass DestructionJenkins shows us how we must confront our fears with thoughtful and diligent action. We can afford to do no less. A must read.-GEORGE TENET, Former Director of the CIABrian Michael Jenkins is one of the world''s most renowned experts on terrorism. With an instructive, provocative book that reads like a novel, Jenkins combines cool analysis with common sense to describe the threat of nuclear terrorism. He also shows that we must guard against nuclear terror - corrosive fear that prevents sensible action and weakens our democracy. Jenkins makes a powerful case that we must take strong steps against both to make each less likely.-SAM NUNN, Co-Chairman and CEO of the Nuclear Threat InitiativeA clear-eyed and elegantly written analysis that builds to a gripping finale that thrusts the reader into the Oval Office at a moment when no one would envy the president. Jenkins''s book is at once informative, entertaining, disturbing, yet reassuring.-LT. GEN. BRENT SCOWCROFT USAF (Ret.), Former National Security Advisor to Presidents George H.W. Bush and Gerald FordDeep knowledge about terrorists combined with common sense about nuclear weapons equals a book that is sobering and educational. Help yourself and learn!-GEORGE P. SHULTZ, Former Secretary of State Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford UniversityAccording 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. How likely is it that terrorists will develop the capability of such an attack? No one understands the nature of the threat posed by nuclear terrorism better than Brian Michael Jenkins - one of the world''s most renowned experts on terrorism. For more than thirty years, he has been advising the military, government, and prestigious think tanks on the dangers of escalating terrorism.Jenkins goes beyond what the experts know about terrorists'' efforts to acquire nuclear weapons, nuclear black markets, suitcase bombs, and mysterious substances like red mercury to examine how terrorists themselves think about such weapons. He offers many insights into such vital questions as:?Do terrorists see nuclear weapons as instruments of coercion or of pure destruction?Are those we label religious fanatics constrained by political and strategic calculations?If a nuclear attack took place on American soil, what life-and-death decisions would the president be forced to make? He puts the reader in the position of the president to convey the immediacy of making decisions - and the perilous repercussions of each critical decision.Jenkins notes that terrorists have become increasingly adept at creating an atmosphere of nuclear terror. In fact, al Qaeda may have succeeded in becoming the world''s first terrorist nuclear power without possessing a single nuclear weapon. The psychological effects of nuclear terror are fueled by American culture, which churns out novels and movies in which every conceivable horror scenario is played out. Political factions on both the right and the left also view nuclear terrorism as fodder to support their own arguments. In such an atmosphere, it is difficult for the average citizen to separate real from imagined dangers.Jenkins''s informed and seasoned analysis will give all Americans a levelheaded understanding of the real situation and teach us how not to yield to nuclear terror.Brian Michael Jenkins (Los Angeles, CA), one of the world''s leading authorities on terrorism, is a senior advisor to the president of the RAND Corporation, director of the National Transportation Security Center of the Mineta Transportation Institute, and a member of the board of Commercial Crime Services of the International Chamber of Commerce. He is frequently quoted in the media,

How long is Will Terrorists Go Nuclear??

Will Terrorists Go Nuclear? by Brian Michael Jenkins is 463 pages long, and a total of 117,139 words.

This makes it 156% the length of the average book. It also has 143% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Will Terrorists Go Nuclear? Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 40 minutes to read Will Terrorists Go Nuclear? aloud.

What Reading Level is Will Terrorists Go Nuclear??

Will Terrorists Go Nuclear? is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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