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Nuclear Terrorism
Gavin Cameron
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Description for Nuclear Terrorism
Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 425.
Will the twenty-first century see terrorist fingers on the nuclear trigger? How likely is it terrorists will obtain weapons of mass destruction? What factors would determine their decision to use them? Gavin Cameron assesses the causes for, and implications of, the escalating lethality of terrorism. The growing opportunities for nuclear proliferation, primarily arising from the collapse of the Soviet Union are explained. The book concludes that the organisational and psychological pressures within terrorist groups and the changing nature of political violence combined with the heightened danger of nuclear micro-proliferation have made mass-destructive terrorism the greatest non-traditional threat to international security ... Read more
Will the twenty-first century see terrorist fingers on the nuclear trigger? How likely is it terrorists will obtain weapons of mass destruction? What factors would determine their decision to use them? Gavin Cameron assesses the causes for, and implications of, the escalating lethality of terrorism. The growing opportunities for nuclear proliferation, primarily arising from the collapse of the Soviet Union are explained. The book concludes that the organisational and psychological pressures within terrorist groups and the changing nature of political violence combined with the heightened danger of nuclear micro-proliferation have made mass-destructive terrorism the greatest non-traditional threat to international security ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312219833
SKU
V9780312219833
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99-15
About Gavin Cameron
GAVIN CAMERON is Post-Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California. He previously taught at the University of St Andrews where he received his doctorate.
Reviews for Nuclear Terrorism
'...full of interest and there are plenty of examples to illustrate every point...it is convincing, accessible and unpretentious and will prove to be an invaluable reference work for those engaged in the future of terrorism and terrorists.' - Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold, RUSI Journal 'The great merit of nuclear Nuclear Terrorism: A Threat Assesment for the Twenty-First ... Read more