Worst Cases: Terror and Catastrophe in the Popular Imagination

by Lee Clarke

Book Overview

Al Qaeda detonates a nuclear weapon in Times Square during rush hour, wiping out half of Manhattan and killing 500,000 people. A virulent strain of bird flu jumps to humans in Thailand, sweeps across Asia, and claims more than fifty million lives. A single freight car of chlorine derails on the outskirts of Los Angeles, spilling its contents and killing seven million. An asteroid ten kilometers wide slams into the Atlantic Ocean, unleashing a tsunami...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226108597
• ISBN13: 9780226108599
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"