WMD Terrorism

Science and Policy Choices

Buch | Hardcover

624 Seiten

2009
MIT Press (Verlag)
978-0-262-01298-0 (ISBN)

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This first comprehensive overview of what scientists and scholars know about WMD terrorism clears away many of the misconceptions that surround this topic.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 cliches. This book provides the first full-length, up-to-date, comprehensive 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. WMD Terrorism provides multidisciplinary perspectives on such topics as terrorist incentives for acquiring WMD; nuclear, radiological, biological, and chemical weapons technologies and genetically engineered weapons; sensor technologies; mathematical methods for analyzing terrorist threats and allocating defense resources; the role of domestic U.S. politics in shaping defense investments; port and airport defense; response and recovery technologies for WMD-contaminated sites; R&D incentives for bioweapon vaccines and other homeland security technologies; psychological treatment of WMD survivors; and international initiatives to limit WMD proliferation and fight terrorism.

Contributors
Gary Ackerman, Jeffrey M. Bale, Deborah Yarsike Ball, Eugene Bardach, Jason Christopher, C. Norman Coleman, Lois M. Davis, Thomas Edmunds, Peter Gordon, Blas Perez Henriquez, Dwight Jaffee, Robert Kirvel, Simon Labov, Stephen M. Maurer, James E. Moore II, Michael Nacht, Michael O'Hare, Qisheng Pan, Ji Young Park, Ellen Raber, Harry W. Richardson, Jeanne S. Ringel, Thomas Russell, George W. Rutherford, Christine Hartmann Siantar, Tom Slezak, Page O. Stoutland, Tammy Taylor, Michael Thompson, Richard Wheeler

Stephen M. Maurer is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Goldman School of Public Policy and the Boalt School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also Director of the Goldman School's Information Technology and Homeland Security Project. Stephen M. Maurer is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Goldman School of Public Policy and the Boalt School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also Director of the Goldman School's Information Technology and Homeland Security Project. Eugene Bardach is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy in the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley.

Reihe/Serie	The MIT Press
Co-Autor	Stephen M. Maurer, Gary Ackerman, Jeffrey Bale, George W. Rutherford
Zusatzinfo	30 figures, 37 tables (5 are Boxes); 35 Illustrations, unspecified
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 229 mm
Gewicht	1111 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-262-01298-7 / 0262012987
ISBN-13	978-0-262-01298-0 / 9780262012980
Zustand	Neuware