James M. Acton

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Publications

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519

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Active since

2001

Affiliations

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace(Current)

James M. Acton is an author at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace specializing in international security, social sciences, and security studies.

Publications per year

2001–2020

Publications

Escalation through Entanglement: How the Vulnerability of Command-and-Control Systems Raises the Risks of an Inadvertent Nuclear War

James M. Acton · International Security · 2018 · 162 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Conflict Studies, International Relations +16

Two-dimensional viscous gravity currents flowing over a deep porous medium

James M. Acton, Herbert E. Huppert, M. Grae Worster · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 2001 · 113 citations

Engineering, Earth Sciences, Fluid Dynamics +16

Hypersonic Boost-Glide Weapons

James M. Acton · Science and Global Security · 2015 · 72 citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics +16

Beyond the Dirty Bomb: Re-thinking Radiological Terror

James M. Acton, M. Brooke Rogers, Peter D. Zimmerman · Survival · 2007 · 39 citations

Dentistry, Nuclear Medicine, Nuclear Safety Analysis +16

Why Fukushima Was Preventable

James M. Acton, Mark Hibbs · 2012 · 31 citations

Architecture, Preventive Medicine, Disaster Preparedness +4

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