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WMD Terrorism : Science and Policy Choices.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The MIT Press SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (619 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262259064
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: WMD TerrorismDDC classification:
  • 363.325/3
LOC classification:
  • U793.W2 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Worrying about WMD Terrorism -- 2 Profiling the WMD Terrorist Threat -- 3 Technologies of Evil: Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons -- 4 The New Bioweapons: Infectious and Engineered Diseases -- 5 The Indispensable Technology: Detectors for Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical WMD -- 7 Setting Priorities: Assessing Threats and Identifying Cost-Effective Responses to WMD Terrorism -- 8 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Are Our Political Institutions Adapting? -- 9 Responding to WMD Terrorism Threats: The Role of Insurance Markets -- 10 The Fire Next Time: Managing Large Urban Fires -- 11 Public Health Preparedness for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons -- 12 Recovering from Nuclear and Radiological Attacks -- 13 Remediation Following Chemical and Biological Attacks -- 14 Estimating the Economic Impacts of WMD Attacks -- 15 Squeezing Value from Homeland Security Research: Designing Better R&amp -- D Incentives -- 16 Fear Itself: Predicting and Managing Public Response to a WMD Attack -- 17 Preventing WMD Terrorism -- 18 Summing Up -- Table of Abbreviations -- References -- Selected Web Sites -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: This first comprehensive overview of what scientists and scholars know about WMD terrorism clears away many of the misconceptions that surround this topic.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Worrying about WMD Terrorism -- 2 Profiling the WMD Terrorist Threat -- 3 Technologies of Evil: Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons -- 4 The New Bioweapons: Infectious and Engineered Diseases -- 5 The Indispensable Technology: Detectors for Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical WMD -- 7 Setting Priorities: Assessing Threats and Identifying Cost-Effective Responses to WMD Terrorism -- 8 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Are Our Political Institutions Adapting? -- 9 Responding to WMD Terrorism Threats: The Role of Insurance Markets -- 10 The Fire Next Time: Managing Large Urban Fires -- 11 Public Health Preparedness for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons -- 12 Recovering from Nuclear and Radiological Attacks -- 13 Remediation Following Chemical and Biological Attacks -- 14 Estimating the Economic Impacts of WMD Attacks -- 15 Squeezing Value from Homeland Security Research: Designing Better R&amp -- D Incentives -- 16 Fear Itself: Predicting and Managing Public Response to a WMD Attack -- 17 Preventing WMD Terrorism -- 18 Summing Up -- Table of Abbreviations -- References -- Selected Web Sites -- Contributors -- Index.

This first comprehensive overview of what scientists and scholars know about WMD terrorism clears away many of the misconceptions that surround this topic.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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