Will terrorists go nuclear?
Introduction -- A shiver of terror -- Growing concern -- The first imaginings -- Motives -- Self-imposed constraints -- Nuclear coercion: just hoaxes? -- Designing the threat -- Black markets -- A small cup of Italian coffee -- Lebed's lost luggage -- Visions of mass destruction -- The "ne...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amherst, N.Y
Prometheus Books
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
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| Keywords: |
Vereinigte Staaten
> Verteidigungs- und Sicherheitspolitik
> Terrorismus
> Proliferation nuklearer Waffen
> Nuklearterrorismus
> Politischer Islam
> Bedrohungsvorstellungen (Sicherheitspolitik)
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| Summary: | Introduction -- A shiver of terror -- Growing concern -- The first imaginings -- Motives -- Self-imposed constraints -- Nuclear coercion: just hoaxes? -- Designing the threat -- Black markets -- A small cup of Italian coffee -- Lebed's lost luggage -- Visions of mass destruction -- The "new terrorism" -- From a balance of terror to a world unhinged -- An age of alarms -- America the anxious -- The first terrorist nuclear power -- Is deterrence dead? -- A self-sustaining fission of fear -- A choice of reactions -- A brilliant yellow light -- Reflections on the shadows of doom -- Countering our own fear -- Footnotes |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Physical Description: | 457 S. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59102-656-3 |
