WMD Terrorism : Science and Policy Choices.
Maurer, Stephen M.
WMD Terrorism : Science and Policy Choices. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (619 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
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& -- 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.
9780262259064
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.
Electronic books.
U793.W2 2009
363.325/3
WMD Terrorism : Science and Policy Choices. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (619 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
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& -- 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.
9780262259064
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.
Electronic books.
U793.W2 2009
363.325/3