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Book Description
Policymakers, scholars, and the news media have been alarmed by the potential for chemical and biological weapons (CBW) terrorism, and the U.S. Congress has allocated billions of dollars for counterterrorism and "consequence management" programs. Driving these concerns are the global spread of scientific knowledge and technology relevant to CBW terrorism and the vulnerability of civilian populations to chemical and biological attacks.
Notably lacking from the analysis, however, has been a careful assessment of the terrorists themselves. What types of terrorist groups or individuals are both capable of acquiring chemical and biological weapons and motivated to use them, and for what purposes? Further, what types of toxic agents would probably be produced, and how would they be delivered?
Answers to these questions would enable policymakers to prepare for the most likely contingencies. To this end, Toxic Terror provides in-depth case studies of twelve terrorist groups and individuals who, from 1946 to 1998, allegedly acquired or employed CBW agents. The cases were researched from primary sources, including court documents, interviews, and declassified government files.
By comparing the twelve cases, the book identifies characteristic motivations and patterns of behavior associated with CBW terrorism and provides an empirical basis for prudent, cost-effective strategies of prevention and response.
About the Author
Jonathan B. Tucker is Research Professor and Director of the CBW Nonproliferation Project at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California. During the 1999-2000 academic year, he is the Robert Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University.
Toxic Terror: Assessing Terrorist Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons (BCSIA Studies in International Security),Jonathan B. Tucker,The MIT Press,0262700719,Biological warfare,Case studies,Chemical warfare,Criminology,Military - Biological & Chemical Warfare,Military Science,Political Freedom & Security - International Secur,Political Science,Politics / Current Events,Politics/International Relations,Terrorism,Terrorists,Chemical & biological weapons,History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies),Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000,Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle
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