156 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
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The enormous potential for destruction that lies latent in nuclear technology inevitably gives rise to the possibility of nuclear terrorism—the use of nuclear explosives or radioactivity by insurgent groups. Professor Beres considers the factors that might foster such terrorism, the forms it might take, and the probable consequences of each form. He then identifies a coherent strategy of... Read more
Preface -- Understanding Nuclear Terrorism -- The Specter of Nuclear Terrorism: An Overview -- The Etiology of Nuclear Terrorism: Five Harbingers -- Nuclear Terrorism: Forms and Effects -- Preventing Nuclear Terrorism -- Introduction -- Hardening the Target: Physical Security and Nonproliferation -- Softening the Adversary: Behavioral Strategies -- Redefining National Interests: Planetization and Freedom from Nuclear Terrorism
Biography
Louis René Beres, associate professor of political science at Purdue University, has lectured and published extensively on the subject of nuclear terrorism. His most recent books include Planning Alternative World Futures: Values, Methods, and Models and Apocalypse: Nuclear Catastrophe in World Politics.
