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Terrorism by means of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) has been studied for decades - since the Cold War and fears of secret agents with suitcase-sized atomic bombs. Although WMD research has accelerated since September 11, 2001, much of this scholarship is hard to find, forcing nonspecialists to f...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Maurer, Stephen M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Weapons of mass destruction.
Weapons of mass destruction > Government policy > United States.
Terrorism > United States > Prevention.
Terrorism > Government policy > United States.
National security > United States.
Armes de destruction massive.
Armes de destruction massive > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Terrorisme > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Terrorism.
National security
Terrorism > Government policy
Terrorism > Prevention
Weapons of mass destruction
Weapons of mass destruction > Government policy
United States
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/General
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/International Relations & Security
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Worrying about WMD Terrorism / Stephen M. Maurer
  • 2. Profiling the WMD Terrorism Threat / Jeffrey M. Bale / Gary A. Ackerman
  • 3. Technologies of Evil: Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons / Stephen M. Maurer
  • 4. New Bioweapons: Infectious and Engineered Diseases / Stephen M. Maurer / George W. Rutherford
  • 5. Indispensable Technology: Detectors for Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical WMD / Simon Labov / Tom Slezak
  • 6. Securing America's Borders and Ports / Michael Nacht / Blas Perez Henriquez
  • 7. Setting Priorities: Assessing Threats and Identifying Cost-Effective Responses to WMD Terrorism / Thomas Edmunds / Richard Wheeler
  • 8. Weapons of Mass Destruction: Are Our Political Institutions Adapting? / Eugene Bardach
  • 9. Responding to WMD Terrorism Threats: The Role of Insurance Markets / Dwight Jaffee / Thomas Russell
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