Terrorism, Asymmetric Warfare, and Weapons of Mass Destruction

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Terrorism, Asymmetric Warfare, and Weapons of Mass Destruction Defending the U.S. Homeland

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Anthony H. Cordesman

Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.

Book Code: C7427

ISBN: 0-275-97427-8

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97427-5

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464 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 11/30/2001

List Price: $69.95 (UK Sterling Price: £39.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

Subjects:

Political Science » International Relations

Reviews:

A comprehensive and prescient guide. ... [This] important work heralds an era when pragmatic concentration on our own security is not neo-isolationism, but the foundation of a more realistic internationalism.
—The New York Times Book Review

Description: There is a wide spectrum of potential threats to the U.S. homeland that do not involve overt attacks by states using long-range missiles or conventional military forces. Such threats include covert attacks by state actors, state use of proxies, independent terrorist and extremist attacks by foreign groups or individuals, and independent terrorist and extremist attacks by residents of the United States. These threats are currently limited in scope and frequency, but are emerging as potentially significant issues for future U.S. security. In this comprehensive work, Cordesman argues that new threats require new thinking, and offers a range of recommendations, from expanding the understanding of what constitutes a threat and bolstering Homeland defense measures, to bettering resource allocation and improving intelligence gathering and analysis. No pattern of actual attacks on U.S. territory has yet emerged that provides a clear basis for predicting how serious any given form of attack might be in the future, what means of attack might be used, or how lethal new forms of attack might be. As a result, there is a major ongoing debate over the seriousness of the threat and how the U.S. government should react. This work is an invaluable contribution to that debate.

Table of Contents:

The Changing Face of Asymmetric Warfare and Terrorism
Risk Assessment: Planning for "Non-patterns" and Potential Risk
Threat Prioritization: Seeking to Identify Current and Future Threats
Types of Attack: Determining Future Methods of Attack and the Needed Response
Threat Assessment and Prioritization: Identifying Threats
U.S. Government Efforts to Create a Homeland Defense Capability
Federal Efforts by Department and Agency
Federal State and Local Cooperation
How Other Nations Deal with These Threats
Lessons from Recent Major Commissions on Terrorism
Conclusions and Recommendations

LC Card Number: 2001036313

LCC Class: UA23

Dewey Class: 355


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