Bibliograph

WMD terrorism, science and policy choices, edited by Stephen M. Maurer

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WMD terrorism, science and policy choices, edited by Stephen M. Maurer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [521]-587) and index

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mapsillustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

WMD terrorism

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bibliography

Oclc number

263146905

Responsibility statement

edited by Stephen M. Maurer

Sub title

science and policy choices

Table Of Contents

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

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Weapons of mass destruction terrorism

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