Terrorism and global security : the nuclear threat / Louis René Beres.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beres, Louis René, author.

Series:

Westview special studies in national and international terrorism.

Westview special studies in national and international terrorism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism.

Nuclear terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 161 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

Summary:

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 counternuclear terrorism, one that embraces both technological and behavioral measures, that suggests policies for deterrence and situation management on both national and international levels, and that points toward a major refashioning of world order.

Contents:

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

Notes:

First published 1979 by Westview Press.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-000-31436-7

1-000-24248-X

0-429-30863-9

9780429308635

OCLC:

1107880648