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245 10 a| Death dusth| [electronic resource] :b| the rise, decline, and future of radiological weapons programs /c| William C. Potter, Sarah Bidgood, Samuel Meyer, and Hanna Notte.;

246 30 a| Rise, decline, and future of radiological weapons programs;

260 a| Stanford, California :b| Stanford University Press,c| [2024];

300 a| viii, 220 pages ;c| 24 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| The United States -- The Soviet Union -- The United Kingdom -- Egypt -- Iraq -- Patterns across cases and prospects for the future.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "The postwar period saw increased interest in the idea of relatively easy-to-manufacture but devastatingly lethal radiological munitions whose use would not discriminate between civilian and military targets. Death Dust explores the largely unknown history of the development of radiological weapons (RW)--weapons designed to disperse radioactive material without a nuclear detonation--through a series of comparative case studies across the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, Iraq, and Egypt. The authors illuminate the historical drivers of and impediments to radiological weapons innovation. They also examine how new, dire geopolitical events--such as the war in Ukraine--could encourage other states to pursue RW and analyze the impact of the spread of such weapons on nuclear deterrence and the nonproliferation regime. Death Dust presents practical, necessary steps to reduce the likelihood of a resurgence of interest in and pursuit of radiological weapons by state actors"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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700 1 a| Notte, Hanna,d| 1987-=| ^A1467083;

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Death dust the rise, decline, and future of radiological weapons programs / William C. Potter, Sarah Bidgood, Samuel Meyer, and Hanna Notte.

Author/creator	Potter, William C.
Other author	Bidgood, Sarah (Senior research associate)
Other author	Meyer, Samuel (Analyst)
Other author	Notte, Hanna, 1987-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2024]
Description	viii, 220 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Dirty bombs--Government policy. --History. Military weapons--Technological innovations. --History. Military policy--History.

Portion of title	Rise, decline, and future of radiological weapons programs
Contents	The United States -- The Soviet Union -- The United Kingdom -- Egypt -- Iraq -- Patterns across cases and prospects for the future.
Abstract	"The postwar period saw increased interest in the idea of relatively easy-to-manufacture but devastatingly lethal radiological munitions whose use would not discriminate between civilian and military targets. Death Dust explores the largely unknown history of the development of radiological weapons (RW)--weapons designed to disperse radioactive material without a nuclear detonation--through a series of comparative case studies across the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, Iraq, and Egypt. The authors illuminate the historical drivers of and impediments to radiological weapons innovation. They also examine how new, dire geopolitical events--such as the war in Ukraine--could encourage other states to pursue RW and analyze the impact of the spread of such weapons on nuclear deterrence and the nonproliferation regime. Death Dust presents practical, necessary steps to reduce the likelihood of a resurgence of interest in and pursuit of radiological weapons by state actors"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2023010747
ISBN	9781503636668 (cloth)
ISBN	9781503637658 (paperback)
ISBN	(electronic)

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