Terrorism and Global Security: The Nuclear Threat

ISBN-13: 9780367305345 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 156 str.

Louis Rene Beres

Opis

This book considers the factors that might foster nuclear terrorism, the forms it might take, and the probable consequences of each form. It identifies a coherent strategy of counternuclear terrorism, one that embraces both technological and behavioral measures.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.