Terrorism Dirty Bombs And Weapons Of Mass Destruction
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Author | : Graham Allison |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2004-08-09 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1429945516 |
A leading strategist opens our eyes to the greatest terrorist threat of all-and how to prevent it before it's too late Americans in the twenty-first century are keenly aware of the many forms of terrorism: hijackings, biological attacks, chemical weapons. But rarely do we allow ourselves to face squarely the deadliest form of terrorism, because it is almost too scary to think about-a terrorist group exploding a nuclear device in an American city. In this urgent call to action, Graham Allison, one of America's leading experts on nuclear weapons and national security, presents the evidence for two provocative, compelling conclusions. First, if policy makers in Washington keep doing what they are currently doing about the threat, a nuclear terrorist attack on America is likely to occur in the next decade. And if one lengthens the time frame, a nuclear strike is inevitable. Second, the surprising and largely unrecognized good news is that nuclear terrorism is, in fact, preventable. In these pages, Allison offers an ambitious but feasible blueprint for eliminating the possibility of nuclear terrorist attacks. The United States once relied on the threat of mutually assured destruction to deter the Soviet Union from launching a nuclear strike. But in today's fragmented world, a new strategy is needed, especially with nuclear material vulnerable to theft or sale through black-market channels. The choice is ours: to grab this beast by the horns or to be impaled on those horns. We do not have the luxury of hoping the problem will go away, and Allison shows why.
Author | : Jason Porterfield |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 2004-12-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781404202917 |
Discusses the construction of dirty bombs, radiation-dispersal devices, and the threat that the terrorists wanting to use them pose to the world.
Author | : Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (Stockholm, Sweden) |
Publisher | : Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (WMDC) |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Nuclear, biological and chemical weapons are designed to cause destruction on a vastly greater scale than any conventional weapons, with the potential to kill thousands in a single attack and with effects that may persist in the environment and in our bodies indefinitely. This report by the independent Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, chaired by Dr Hans Blix, sets out 60 recommendations on how the world community, national governments and civil society should address this global challenge under the following headings: preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons; preventing nuclear terrorism; reducing the threat and numbers of existing nuclear weapons; moving from regulating nuclear weapons to outlawing them; biological and toxin weapons; chemical weapons; weapons of mass destruction (WMD) delivery means, missile defences and weapons in space; export controls, international assistance and non-governmental actors; compliance, verification, enforcement and the role of the United Nations.
Author | : Charles D. Ferguson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 387 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0415952433 |
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author | : Brian Michael Jenkins |
Publisher | : Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | : 463 |
Release | : 2009-12-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1615920366 |
For more than 30 years Jenkins has been advising the military, government, and prestigious think tanks on the dangers of nuclear proliferation. Now he goes beyond what the experts know to examine how terrorists themselves think about such weapons.
Author | : Anthony D. Redmond |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2009-04-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1444312871 |
This ABC introduces medicine in areas of conflict or naturaldisaster responding to the growing number of regions affected. Chapters deal with subjects such as earthquakes and landslidesas well as nuclear incidents and biological warfare both nationallyand internationally. It covers both logistical planning and medical aid as well aspost-conflict recovery, offering psychological as well as medicaland public health support. It prepares aid workers for a range of roles in all possiblesituations.
Author | : Osama Bin Laden |
Publisher | : Pavilion Press |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2004-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781414507118 |
War and a Global Jihad are declared on Western Civilization by a unique enemy consisting of a network including leaders of nations, sympathizers, clerics, zealots. Here are the words of their leaders.
Author | : Frank Barnaby |
Publisher | : Nation Books |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781560256038 |
Outlines what it takes to make chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons; suggests who might be able to produce and use such weapons; and examines how effective countermeasures might be.
Author | : Jonathan Medalia |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 2011-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1437988229 |
Congress has long sought, through legislation and oversight, to protect the United States against terrorist threats, especially from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons. Radiological dispersal devices (RDDs) are one type of CBRN weapon. Explosive-driven "dirty bombs" are an often-discussed type of RDD, though radioactive material can also be dispersed in other ways. This report provides background for understanding the RDD threat and responses, and presents issues for Congress. Appendices: Technical Background; Some U.S. Vulnerabilities to RDDS. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.
Author | : Osman AytaƧ |
Publisher | : IOS Press |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1607500159 |
Examines the class of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) for terrorist use. The authors have found that their (terrorist) effects range from serious nuisance value up to catastrophic destruction of a large urban area.