Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism
- ISBN-10
- 0754624250
- ISBN-13
- 9780754624257
- Pages
- 381
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ashgate
- Author
- Alan O'Day
Description
The twenty-nine articles explore the issue of WMD and key questions raised about terrorism, its definition, objects, motivation, whether there is a different species of it emerging in the aftermath of the close of the Cold War, preparedness and the means of prevention.The conventional, low-technology terrorism of the past has exercised a social and political impact far out of proportion with the casualties it has caused. The massive, indiscriminate destruction caused by an act of WMD terrorism similarly would have disproportionate social, political, economic and strategic effects.
