| Description |
1 online resource (320 pages) |
| Contents |
List of Abbreviations; 1. The Emergence of the NBC Terrorism Debate; 2. Trends in Terrotist Activity; 3. Technical Opportunities and Constraints; 4. Strategic and Tactical Motivations and Disincentives to Using NBC Weapons; 5. Strategic and Political to Using NBC Weapons; 6. Political and Theologicak Motivations to Using NBC Weapons; 7. Psychological Motivations and Inhibitory Controls; 8. External Motivations: State-Sponsored NBC Terrorism; 9. External Constraints: The Security Environment Created by Governamental Counter-Measures; 10. The Future |
| Summary |
Anthrax, Smallpox, Sarin, blister, blood and choking agents ... the list of potential weapons of mass destruction is enormous and varied. Today, the threat of these weapons to civilian populations seems as close as it has ever been. It was once thought that technological problems would prevent terrorists developing these weapons whilst moral issues would stop them using them. That has now changed. _x000D__x000D_Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN), terrorism and the 'war on terror' are major features of international relations and global concern. Terrorist threats and actual vi |
| Notes |
Appendix 1: Database of Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear, Terrorist IncidentsAppendix 2: Bibliography |
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Terrorism.
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Weapons of mass destruction.
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terrorism.
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Terrorism, armed struggle.
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Weapons of mass destruction
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Terrorism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cole, Benjamin
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| ISBN |
9780857715081 |
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0857715089 |
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