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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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Other Authors: Maurer, Stephen M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
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.
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/General
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/International Relations & Security
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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 fall back on gut instinct and Beltway clichés. This book provides a review of what scientists and scholars know about WMD terrorism and America's options for confronting it. It also identifies multiple instances in which the conventional wisdom is incomplete or misleading.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 608 pages) : illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780262012980
0262012987
9780262512855
0262512858
9780262259064
0262259060
1282694669
9781282694668
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262012980.001.0001