1st Edition
The Nuclear Terrorism Threat An Organisational Approach
By Brecht Volders
Copyright 2021
204 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
204 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
204 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines the threat of a terrorist organisation constructing and detonating a nuclear bomb.
It explores the role and impact of the organisational design of a terrorist organisation in implementing a nuclear terrorism plot. In order to do so, the work builds on the organisational analogy between an assumed nuclear terrorism scenario and four case studies as follows: the construction of... Read more
1. Introduction
2.The need for an organisational approach in nuclear terrorism threat assessments
3. Exploring the role of the organisational design
4. Constructing the first nuclear bombs at Los Alamos
5. The South African PNE program
6. Aum Shinrikyo’s chemical and biological armament activities
7. The implementation of 9/11 by Al Qaeda
8. Towards a deeper understanding of the nuclear terrorism threat
9. Conclusion
Biography
Brecht Volders obtained his PhD at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.
