LEADER 04278nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910808927403321 005 20230207224921.0 010 $a0-231-51140-X 024 7 $a10.7312/ikle13952 035 $a(CKB)1000000000474449 035 $a(EBL)908399 035 $a(OCoLC)828795480 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000103799 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11128504 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000103799 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10069892 035 $a(PQKB)10530408 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908399 035 $a(DE-B1597)458961 035 $a(OCoLC)1024033936 035 $a(OCoLC)1032678625 035 $a(OCoLC)1037967267 035 $a(OCoLC)1042013812 035 $a(OCoLC)1046606815 035 $a(OCoLC)1047014531 035 $a(OCoLC)1049619028 035 $a(OCoLC)1054878150 035 $a(OCoLC)979742176 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231511407 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908399 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10183620 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL4458880 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000474449 100 $a20060613d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAnnihilation from within $ethe ultimate threat to nations /$fFred Charles Ikle? 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (100 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-231-13953-5 311 0 $a0-231-13952-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [109]-130) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tWhat This Book Is About --$t1. Mankind's Cultural Split --$t2. Science Pushes Us Over the Brink --$t3. Five Lessons of the Nuclear Age --$t4. Annihilation from Within --$t5. Time to Get Serious --$t6. Restoration --$tNotes --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aIn this eloquent and impassioned book, defense expert Fred Iklé predicts a revolution in national security that few strategists have grasped; fewer still are mindful of its historic roots. We are preoccupied with suicide bombers, jihadist terrorists, and rogue nations producing nuclear weapons, but these menaces are merely distant thunder that foretells the gathering storm. It is the dark side of technological progress that explains this emerging crisis. Globalization guarantees the spread of new technologies, whether beneficial or destructive, and this proliferation reaches beyond North Korea, Iran, and other rogue states. Our greatest threat is a cunning tyrant gaining possession of a few weapons of mass destruction. His purpose would not be to destroy landmarks, highjack airplanes, or attack railroad stations. He would annihilate a nation's government from within and assume dictatorial power. The twentieth century offers vivid examples of tyrants who have exploited major national disasters by rallying violent followers and intimidating an entire nation. To explain how we have become so vulnerable, Iklé turns to history. Some 250 years ago, science was freed from political and religious constraints, causing a cultural split in which one part of our culture remained animated by religion and politics while the other became guided by science. Since then, technological progress and the evolving political order march to different drummers. Science advances at an accelerating pace while religion and politics move along a zigzag course. This divergence will widen and endanger the survival of all nations. Drawing on his experience as a Washington insider, Iklé outlines practical measures that could readily be implemented to help us avert the worst disaster. 606 $aSecurity, International 606 $aTechnology$xSocial aspects 606 $aTerrorism 606 $aRadicalism 606 $aNuclear disarmament 615 0$aSecurity, International. 615 0$aTechnology$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aTerrorism. 615 0$aRadicalism. 615 0$aNuclear disarmament. 676 $a355/.033 700 $aIkle?$b Fred Charles$01710743 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808927403321 996 $aAnnihilation from within$94101591 997 $aUNINA