| Description |
ix, 257 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The terrorist scourge -- Birthing modern terror -- Tradecraft: targets, tactics, and tools -- Collecting cash and recruits -- Al-Qaeda: terror central -- Terror hot spots -- Global terror, inc -- Tackling terrorism -- Spreading super weapons -- Mushroom clouds and missiles -- Gas and bugs -- Specter of superterrorism -- Preventing proliferation -- Iran: Mullahs of Mayhem -- North Korea: Nukes "R" Us -- Syria: Baathists behaving badly -- Rolling back rogues. |
| Summary |
"The threats of the Cold War were supplanted by a new national security environment characterized by unpredictable, motivated, capable adversaries posing multiple threats. Peter Brookes, one of the most respected national security experts in the United States, reminds Americans that the world continues to be a very dangerous place, filled with people and groups eager to topple the United States. This devil's trianglethe intersection of terrorism, chemical/biological/radioactive/nuclear weapons, and state sponsorsraises the timely question, What should America do about these new security challenges?" (Amazon). |
| Subject |
Terrorism.
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terrorism. (CStmoGRI)aat300055313
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Terrorism. (OCoLC)fst01148101
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| ISBN |
0742549526 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780742549524 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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