The devil's toy box : exposing and defusing Promethean terrorists / Andrew Fox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fox, Andrew J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Security, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : Potomac Books, [2022]

Summary:

"A Promethean technology is one that allows someone of average resources, skills, and intelligence to carry out actions that were once only doable by governments, militaries, or institutions with considerable resources. Essentially, Promethean technologies allow users to create their own weapons of mass destruction. These emerging technologies are increasingly affordable and accessible-and are no more complicated to operate than a satellite TV control box or a smart phone. Although these technologies are a terrifying prospect, the more we know about these dangers, the better we can prepare to head them off. In The Devil's Toy Box, Andrew Fox lays out seven decades of preemptive analysis and shows that while homeland security has explored, in depth, the possible Promethean threats the world faces, it has failed to forecast the most likely attacks. Using fictional scenarios Fox teaches how to predict future threats and how to forecast which ones are likely to be used by bad actors within the next five to ten years. Combining the skills of homeland security experts and the imaginations of speculative fiction writers, he then offers an analytical method to deter, counter, or abate these threats, rather than adopting an attitude of resigned fatalism. "-- Provided by publisher.

"Andrew Fox shows how to predict and assess the most dangerous terrorist threats likely to emerge in the near future in order to focus on countering them"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: The Parable of the Devil's Toy Box

Future Shock Visits the Subway: The 1995 Aum Shinrikyo Sarin Gas Assault as a Prototypical Promethean Terror Strike

Made in Japan? Or "Overeducated and Underemployed"?

Promethean Technologies: Adding Accelerants to the Spreading Fire

Promethean Technology's Mind-Bending Challenge to Homeland Security

Selecting the Tools to Build a Promethean Spyglass: A Brief Survey of Seventy Years' Worth of Forecasting Methods

The Core of a "Devil's Toy Box" Analytical Team? Science Fiction Writers

The Promethean Spyglass: Doing a "Devil's Toy Box" Analysis Right

Conclusion: Buy That Fire Insurance Policy!

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Fox, Andrew The Devil's Toy Box

ISBN:

1-64012-537-X

OCLC:

1306055235