ISBN:
9781000242485
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (174 pages)
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.6/25
Keywords:
Terrorism
;
Nuclear terrorism
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1 Understanding Nuclear Terrorism -- 1. The Specter of Nuclear Terrorism: An Overview -- A Surrealist System: The Terrorist as Microcosm -- Facing the Gorgon Head: The Nature of Modern Terrorism -- Origins and Regularities -- 2. The Etiology of Nuclear Terrorism: Five Harbingers -- Terrorist Access to Nuclear Weapons -- Terrorist Inclinations to Nuclear Violence -- Terrorist Insensitivity to Orthodox Deterrence -- Interterrorist Cooperation -- Tolerance and Support of Terrorism -- 3. Nuclear Terrorism: Forms and Effects -- Nuclear Explosives -- Radiological Weapons -- Nuclear Reactor Sabotage -- Nuclear Terrorism and Nuclear War -- Nuclear War Between the Superpowers -- Worldwide Nuclear War -- Other Forms of Nuclear War -- Part 2 Preventing Nuclear Terrorism -- Introduction -- 4. Hardening the Target: Physical Security and Nonproliferation -- Preventing Nuclear Terrorism Through Improved Physical Security -- Preventing Nuclear Terrorism Through Nonproliferation -- Nonproliferation and International Political Power -- 5. Softening the Adversary: Behavioral Strategies -- Examples of the Theory -- The Problem of Civil Liberties -- The Decision-Making Taxonomy -- The Six Principal Types of Terrorist Groups -- Behavioral Measures at the International Level -- Additional Measures Under International Law -- 6. Redefining National Interests: Planetization and Freedom from Nuclear Terrorism -- Dimensions for the Design of Alternative World Futures -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
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