WMD terrorism : science and policy choices / / edited by Stephen M. Maurer

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (619 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.325/3
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto non controllato: SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/General; SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/International Relations & Security
• Altri autori: MaurerStephen M
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Weapons of mass destruction terrorism
• Titolo autorizzato: WMD terrorism
• ISBN: 0-262-25838-2; 1-282-69466-9; 9786612694660; 0-262-25906-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778555303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II