03210nam 22006013c 450 991098465900332120240521095139.09781503637665150363766210.1515/9781503637665(MiAaPQ)EBC30780405(Au-PeEL)EBL30780405(DE-B1597)666679(DE-B1597)9781503637665(CKB)28483687100041(OCoLC)1402820021(EXLCZ)992848368710004120231012d2023 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDeath Dust The Rise, Decline, and Future of Radiological Weapons ProgramsWilliam C. Potter, Sarah Bidgood, Samuel Meyer and Hanna Notte1st ed.Stanford University Press2014Redwood CityStanford University Press,2023©2023.1 online resource (225 pages)Print version: Potter, William C. Death Dust Redwood City : Stanford University Press,c2023 9781503637658 1503637654 9781503636668 1503636666 Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The United States -- 2. The Soviet Union -- 3. The United Kingdom -- 4. Egypt -- 5. Iraq -- Conclusion: Patterns across Cases and Prospects for the Future -- Notes -- Index."The postwar period saw increased interest in the idea of relatively easy-to-manufacture but devastatingly lethal radiological munitions whose use would not discriminate between civilian and military targets. Death Dust explores the largely unknown history of the development of radiological weapons (RW)--weapons designed to disperse radioactive material without a nuclear detonation--through a series of comparative case studies across the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, Iraq, and Egypt. The authors illuminate the historical drivers of and impediments to radiological weapons innovation. They also examine how new, dire geopolitical events--such as the war in Ukraine--could encourage other states to pursue RW and analyze the impact of the spread of such weapons on nuclear deterrence and the nonproliferation regime. Death Dust presents practical, necessary steps to reduce the likelihood of a resurgence of interest in and pursuit of radiological weapons by state actors"--Provided by publisher.Dirty bombsGovernment policyHistoryMilitary weaponsTechnological innovationsHistoryMilitary policyHistoryDirty bombsGovernment policyHistory.Military weaponsTechnological innovationsHistory.Military policyHistory.355/.0335Potter William C303517Bidgood Sarah1793329Meyer Samuel1793330Notte Hanna1793331MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910984659003321Death Dust4333037UNINA