People are often startled to see an excellent book on my shelf labeled How to Build a Nuclear Bomb by Frank Barnaby.

For those of you that want detailed schematics, look elsewhere- this book is a down-to-earth, intelligent view of the WMD world. Far from being sensionalist war-mongering, Barnaby cooly discusses what it would really take to build a nuclear bomb, cultivate anthrax, or mix sarin gas.

However, Barnaby’s conclusions won’t leave you feeling safe in bed at night. What really made this book stand out to me was how it highlighted what we should really be worrying about. Nuclear bombs, dirty bombs? Forget those! All one needs is a small airplane, or explosives-laden bus, and an open-air storage facility for spent uranium rods from a nuclear power plant. Putting those things together could easily result in radioactive fallout worse than Chernobyl.

Or maybe this book will make you sleep better. After reading it, you realize that there are so many so-called “soft” targets we are ignoring that one can only conclude, if someone wanted to do something horrible, it would have already happened.

Sweet Dreams!

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