Planning the Unthinkable - How New Powers Will Use Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons

Klappentext The contributing specialists consider several states and organizations that have this weaponry; Iraq, Iran, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel, as well as the Aum Shinrikyo cult. They expose plans for using unconventional weapons, highlighting the revolutionary effects these arsenals might have on international politics and regional disputes. Zusammenfassung The proliferation of chemical! biological! and nuclear weapons is now the single most serious security concern for governments around the world. Peter R. Lavoy! Scott D. Sagan! and James J. Wirtz compare how military threats! strategic cultures! and...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Peter R. Sagan Lavoy
• Mitarbeit: Peter R. Lavoy (Herausgeber), Scott D. Sagan (Herausgeber), James J. Wirtz (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 18.08.2000
• EAN: 9780801487040
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-8704-0
• Seiten: 288
• Serie: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Zeitgeschichte (1945 bis 1989); Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges