Nuclear Terrorism: A Threat Assessment for the 21st Century

by Gavin Cameron

Book Overview

Will the twenty-first century see terrorist fingers on the nuclear trigger? How likely is it terrorists will obtain weapons of mass destruction? What factors would determine their decision to use them? Gavin Cameron assesses the causes for, and implications of, the escalating lethality of terrorism. The growing opportunities for nuclear proliferation, primarily arising from the collapse of the Soviet Union are explained. The book concludes that the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349411353
• ISBN13: 9781349411351
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"