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Improvised Explosive Devices
James Revill
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Description for Improvised Explosive Devices
hardcover. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JKSW1; JPB; JPWL; JWM; TTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 329.
This book begins with an account of the evolution of improvised explosive devices using a number of micro case studies to explore how and why actors have initiated IED campaigns; how new and old technologies and expertise have been exploited and how ethical barriers to IED development and deployment have been dealt with. It proceeds to bring the evidence from the case studies together to identify themes and trends in IED development, before looking at what can realistically be done to mitigate the threat of IEDs in the new wars of the twenty first century. The book suggests that the ... Read more
This book begins with an account of the evolution of improvised explosive devices using a number of micro case studies to explore how and why actors have initiated IED campaigns; how new and old technologies and expertise have been exploited and how ethical barriers to IED development and deployment have been dealt with. It proceeds to bring the evidence from the case studies together to identify themes and trends in IED development, before looking at what can realistically be done to mitigate the threat of IEDs in the new wars of the twenty first century. The book suggests that the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Number of Pages
134
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319338330
SKU
V9783319338330
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Ref
99-15
About James Revill
James Revill is Research Fellow with the Harvard Sussex Program, SPRU, University of Sussex, UK. Revill has worked as a consultant to the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research and completed research fellowships with the Landau Network Centro Volta in Italy and the Bradford Disarmament Research Centre in the UK. Revill’s research interests focus on interplay between science and security. ... Read more
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