Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe is a 2004 book by Harvard scholar Graham Allison. Allison explains that terrorists have been striving to acquire and then use nuclear weapons against the United States

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. During the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, President George W. Bush

George W. Bush

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 and Senator John Kerry featured the issue of terrorism

Terrorism

Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...

 in their foreign policy

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 platforms, and both said it is the nation's foremost security challenge. Nuclear Terrorism is described as a well-written report for general readers on the terrorist threat and what is needed to reduce it.

See also

• List of books about nuclear issues
• On Nuclear Terrorism
  On Nuclear Terrorism
  In his 2007 book On Nuclear Terrorism, author Michael A. Levi surveys the issue of nuclear terrorism and explores the decisions a terrorist leader might take in pursuing a nuclear plot...
  
  
• The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism
  The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism
  The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism is a 2004 book by Charles D. Ferguson and William C. Potter The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism is a 2004 book by Charles D. Ferguson and William C. Potter The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism is a 2004 book by Charles D. Ferguson and William C. Potter (with Amy...
  
  
• The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger
  The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger
  The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger is a 2007 book by Jonathan Schell. It is described as a provocative book which explores the threat posed by some new nuclear policies of the United States...