TY  - BOOK
AU  - Richelson, Jeffrey.
TI  - Defusing Armageddon: inside NEST, America's secret nuclear bomb squad 
SN  - 9780393065152
AV  - HV 6433.86 .R399 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton
KW  - Nuclear arms control
KW  - United States
KW  - Nuclear terrorism
KW  - Nuclear weapons information
KW  - Terrorism
N2  - Defusing Armageddon tackles the real post-WW2 history of nuclear incidents in North America, and the result can be just as hair-raising as the fiction: The history of the organization so far includes missions of nuclear extortion threat evaluation, as well as radioactive material detection and containment.  If the White House receives a letter saying "answer our demands or say bye-bye Boston", NEST's number is at the top of the list of people to contact.  Defusing Armageddon is a fascinating book.  Generally non-partisan and non-paranoid despite its catchy title, it's a lucid explanation of real anti-terrorism efforts with a significant pedigree of effectiveness.  It's engrossing reading for national security buffs, and it's even sure appeal to those who think it's been a long time since Tom Clancy's last novel."www.christian-sauve.com"
ER  -