The new face of terrorism : threats from weapons of mass destruction / Nadine Gurr and Benjamin Cole.
| Author/creator | Gurr, Nadine |
| Other author | Cole, Benjamin. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York, NY : In the United States of America and in Canada distributed by St Martins Press, 2002. |
| Description | xii, 312 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The emergence of the NBC terrorism debate -- Trends in terrorist activity -- Technical opportunities and constraints -- Strategic and tactical motivations and disincentives to using NBC weapons -- Political disincentives to using NBC weapons -- Political and theological motivations to using NBC weapons -- Psychological motivations and inhibitory controls -- External motivations: state-sponsored NBC terrorism -- External constraints: the security environment created by government counter-measures -- The future -- Appendix: Database of biological, chemical and nuclear terrorist incidents. |
| General note | "First published in 2000 by I B Tauris"--T.p. verso. |
| General note | "Today's world crisis"--Cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-312). |
| ISBN | 1860648258 |