Education
University of California, Los Los Angeles
University of California, Los Los Angeles
Jenkins joined the United States Army at 19. He served with the 7th Special Forces Group in the Dominican Republic and with the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam. He subsequently served as a civilian with the Long Range Planning Task Group advising General Creighton Abrams, commander of military operations in Vietnam.
From 1989 to 1998 he was deputy chairman of security firm Kroll Associates.
Jenkins is the author of many books, including Unconquerable Nation (2006) and Will Terrorists Go Nuclear? (2008).
Brian Jenkins currently serves as Senior Advisor to the President of the Research and Development Corporation and Director of the Mineta Transportation Institute"s Transportation Security Center. He has served as an advisor to the United States. Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and other government agencies.
"Terrorism is theater" (1974)
"Terrorists want a lot of people watching, not a lot of people dead" (1975).
Quotations:
"Terrorism is theater" (1974)
"Terrorists want a lot of people watching, not a lot of people dead" (1975).
He also served as a member of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security, 1996-1997 and as an advisor to the National Commission on Terrorism, 2000.