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ISBN-10:: 0262561182
ISBN-13:: 9780262561181
Pub. Date:: 07/08/1998
Publisher:: MIT Press

ISBN-10:: 0262561182
ISBN-13:: 9780262561181
Pub. Date:: 07/08/1998
Publisher:: MIT Press

America's Achilles' Heel: Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Terrorism and Covert Attack

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This volume analyzes the nature andlimits of the covert NBC threat and proposes a measured set of policyresponses, focused on improving intelligence andconsequence-management capabilities to reduce U.S. vulnerability.

Nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) weapons delivered covertly by terrorists or hostile governments pose a significant and growing threat to the United States and other countries. Although the threat of NBC attack is widely recognized as a central national security issue, most analysts have assumed that the primary danger is military use by states in war, with traditional military means of delivery. The threat of covert attack has been imprudently neglected.

Covert attack is hard to deter or prevent, and NBC weapons suitable for covert attack are available to a growing range of states and groups hostile to the United States. At the same time, constraints on their use appear to be eroding. This volume analyzes the nature and limits of the covert NBC threat and proposes a measured set of policy responses, focused on improving intelligence and consequence-management capabilities to reduce U.S. vulnerability.

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ISBN-13:	9780262561181
Publisher:	MIT Press
Publication date:	07/08/1998
Series:	Belfer Center Studies in International Security
Pages:	380
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Richard A. Falkenrath is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He served as Executive Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA) and, before that, as a Research Fellow. He is the author and co-author of Shaping Europe's Military Order (1995), Avoiding Nuclear Anarchy (1996), America's Achilles' Heel: Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Terrorism and Covert Attack (1998), and numerous journal articles and chapters of edited volumes.

Bradley A. Thayer is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.

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U.S. Senator Richard Lugar

I know of no more incisive, detailed assessment of the growing threatof mass destruction terrorism than America's Achilles' Heel. This outstanding book is essential reading for anyone with aserious interest in American national security.

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—U.S. Senator Richard Lugar

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"I know of no more incisive, detailed assessment of the growing threatof mass destruction terrorism than America's Achilles'Heel. This outstanding book is essential reading for anyone with aserious interest in American national security." U.S. SenatorRichard Lugar

Martha Crenshaw

An excellent and timely study that neither exaggerates nor underestimates the prospect of terrorist use of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons. The authors' assessment of the threat is the most thorough, careful, and objective analysis available. If policymakers want to anticipate and prepare sensibly for a danger that becomes more real and present by the day, they should consult this book's recommendations.

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