The New Face of Terrorism
eBook - PDF

The New Face of Terrorism

Threats from Weapons of Mass Destruction

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The New Face of Terrorism

Threats from Weapons of Mass Destruction

About this book

Anthrax, smallpox, sarin, blister, blood and choking agents - the list of potential weapons of mass destruction is enormous and varied. It was once thought that technological problems would prevent terrorists developing these weapons whilst moral issues would stop them using them. That has now changed. The technical and organizational sophistication of the attacks on 11th September 2001 heralds a new era in the age-old war against terrorism. After these attacks, attention focused on the activities and capacities of Islamic extremist groups, such as Osama bin Laden's al-Qa'eda organisation, but the reality is that terrorist threats could come from almost any quarter. This revised edition is the comprehensive and sobering account of the possibilities - technological and political.

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Yes, you can access The New Face of Terrorism by Nadine Gurr,Benjamin Cole in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politica e relazioni internazionali & Relazioni internazionali. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Abbreviations
  3. 1. The Emergence of the NBC Terrorism Debate
  4. 2. Trends in Terrotist Activity
  5. 3. Technical Opportunities and Constraints
  6. 4. Strategic and Tactical Motivations and Disincentives to Using NBC Weapons
  7. 5. Strategic and Political to Using NBC Weapons
  8. 6. Political and Theologicak Motivations to Using NBC Weapons
  9. 7. Psychological Motivations and Inhibitory Controls
  10. 8. External Motivations: State-Sponsored NBC Terrorism
  11. 9. External Constraints: The Security Environment Created by Governamental Counter-Measures
  12. 10. The Future
  13. Appendix 1: Database of Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear, Terrorist Incidents
  14. Appendix 2: Bibliography