Political manipulation and weapons of mass destruction : terrorism, influence and persuasion /
Concerns about CBRN (chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear) weapons have featured prominently in both political debates and media reporting about the ongoing threat from al Qaeda since 9/11. This book provides a chronological account of al Qaeda's efforts to acquire a CBRN weapon capabi...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
I.B. Tauris,
2018.
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| Series: | Library of modern Middle East studies ;
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Table of Contents:
- Opportunism, 1994-6
- The US and the politics of CBRN terrorism, 1996-8
- Antecedents : Afghanistan, 1996-8
- Project Al Zabadi and the pursuit of nuclear weapons
- Al Qaeda's strategy begins to emerge, 1988-2001
- Opting for deterrence, 1999-2001
- The end of project Al Zabadi
- Re-establishing a CBRN weapon capability, 2002-3
- Al Qaeda announces its strategy, 2002-3
- Constraining the threat, 2002-3
- The politics of CBRN terrorism and the invasion of Iraq
- Western uncertainty about the threat, 2004-7
- Losing control of the threat, 2004-8
- Breakdown in control, 2007-9
- Influencing the new president, 2008-10
- A new threat emerges, 2010-15.