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| Format : | Livre |
|---|---|
| Tous les auteurs / collaborateurs : |
Stephen M Maurer |
| ISBN : | 9780262012980 0262012987 9780262512855 0262512858 |
| Numéro OCLC : | 263146905 |
| Description : | x, 608 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Contenu : | Worrying about WMD terrorism / Stephen M. Maurer -- Profiling the WMD terrorism threat / Jeffrey M. Bale and Gary A. Ackerman -- Technologies of evil: chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons / Maurer -- The new bioweapons: infectious and engineered diseases / George W. Rutherford and Maurer -- The indispensable technology: detectors for nuclear, biological, and chemical WMD / Simon Labov and Tom Slezak -- Securing America's borders and ports / Michael Nacht and Blas Perez Henriquez -- Setting priorities: assessing threats and identifying cost-effective responses to WMD terrorism / Thomas Edmunds and Richard Wheeler -- Weapons of mass destruction: are our political institutions adapting? / Eugene Bardach -- Responding to WMD terrorism threats: the role of insurance markets / Dwight Jaffee and Thomas Russell -- The fire next time: managing large urban fires / Maurer, Jason C. Christopher, and Michael Thompson -- Public health preparedness for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons / Lois M. Davis and Jeanne S. Ringel -- Recovering from nuclear and radiological attacks / Christine Hartmann Siantar, Tammy P. Taylor, and C. Norman Coleman -- Remediation following chemical and biological attacks / Ellen Raber, Tina Carlsen, and Robert Kirvel -- Estimating the economic impacts of WMD attacks / Peter Gordon, Bumsoo Lee, James E. Moore II, Qisheng Pan, JiYoung Park, and Harry W. Richardson -- Squeezing value from Homeland Security research: designing better R&D incentives / Maurer -- Fear itself: predicting and managing public response to a WMD attack / Maurer and Michael O'Hare -- Preventing WMD terrorism / Deborah Yarsike Ball, Lucy M. Hair, Thomas McVey, and Michael Nacht -- Summing up / Maurer -- Table of abbreviations. |
| Autres titres : | Weapons of mass destruction terrorism |
| Responsabilité : | edited by Stephen M. Maurer. |
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"Authoritative and analytical yet accessible to the non-specialist, this collection of essays on the threat of terrorism with chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons covers all facets of the topic, from the motivations of terrorists to acquire and use such weapons and the technical hurdles involved, to strategies of prevention, risk assessment, and emergency response." --Jonathan B. Tucker, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies "Maurer shows uncommon breadth in his vision of the full suite of natural, social, and mathematical science knowledge needed to manage the risks of WMD terrorism. The chapters of this volume provide authoritative, accessible introductions to that science. Organizations that ignore their implications cannot do their jobs." --Baruch Fischhoff, Howard Heinz University Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, former President, Society for Risk Analysis "This is a remarkable book presenting a sober and nuanced coverage of the risks and nature of possible WMD terrorism against the United States. Stephen M. Maurer has assembled a collection of pieces that cover the science and politics of the risks of a CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear) terrorist attack and the often subtle issues involved in preparing for, preventing, or recovering from those attacks. This volume should, and undoubtedly will, serve as the bible for genuine understanding of the threat of WMD terrorism long into the future." --Eugene B. Skolnikoff, Professor of Political Science Emeritus, MIT Lire la suite...
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