the use and misuse of intelligence in efforts to halt the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction /
First Statement of Responsibility
Thomas Graham Jr., Keith A. Hansen.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Stanford, Calif. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Stanford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xvii, 300 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-292) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Motivations of countries and terrorists to acquire WMD -- Detecting and monitoring clandestine WMD programs -- The track record against clandestine proliferation -- Intelligence community--policymaker relations : playing as a team? -- Intelligence on Iraqi WMD programs & policy reactions -- National and international efforts to thwart proliferation -- Conclusion : is it possible to prevent future proliferation? -- Postscript : what if we fail to prevent further proliferation?
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book explains the challenge of monitoring small clandestine WMD programs, how the effort to monitor and prevent terrorist acquisition and use of WMD differs from monitoring and preventing the acquisition and use of WMD by nation states, and puts the Iraqi WMD issue in proper perspective.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Preventing catastrophe.
International Standard Book Number
9780804763608
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Intelligence service-- United States.
Nuclear nonproliferation-- Government policy-- United States.
Weapons of mass destruction-- Government policy-- United States.
Intelligence service.
Nuclear nonproliferation-- Government policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- Arms Control.