Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/008213977/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 22 of
22
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract "Although the conventional wisdom previously held that terrorists were more interested in publicity than in killing, recent terrorist attacks--such as the 1995 nerve gas attack in a Tokyo subway and the bombing of a federal government office building in Oklahoma City--have either crossed into the domain of use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or involved the deliberate infliction of large numbers of casualties. This paper examines three reasons that may account for terrorism's increasing lethality: (1) the proliferation of religious terrorism, in which violence assumes a transcendental dimension; (2) the rise of "amateur" terrorists--loosely organized groups of individuals with particular grievances who are able to gain WMD expertise from publicly available sources; and (3) the growing sophistication and competence of professional terrorist organizations. A confluence of new motives, opportunities, and capabilities could impel any of these groups to employ a chemical, biological, or nuclear weapon or radioactive device. Given even the possibility of future terrorist use of such weapons, no nation can afford to consider terrorism to be among its least serious or complex of security issues.".
- catalog contributor b11425567.
- catalog contributor b11425568.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description "Although the conventional wisdom previously held that terrorists were more interested in publicity than in killing, recent terrorist attacks--such as the 1995 nerve gas attack in a Tokyo subway and the bombing of a federal government office building in Oklahoma City--have either crossed into the domain of use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or involved the deliberate infliction of large numbers of casualties. This paper examines three reasons that may account for terrorism's increasing lethality: (1) the proliferation of religious terrorism, in which violence assumes a transcendental dimension; (2) the rise of "amateur" terrorists--loosely organized groups of individuals with particular grievances who are able to gain WMD expertise from publicly available sources; and (3) the growing sophistication and competence of professional terrorist organizations. A confluence of new motives, opportunities, and capabilities could impel any of these groups to employ a chemical, biological, or nuclear weapon or radioactive device. Given even the possibility of future terrorist use of such weapons, no nation can afford to consider terrorism to be among its least serious or complex of security issues.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-66).".
- catalog hasFormat "Terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.".
- catalog isPartOf "P (Rand corporation) ; 8039".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp.,".
- catalog relation "Terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.".
- catalog subject "HV6431 .H643 1999".
- catalog subject "Terrorism.".
- catalog subject "Weapons of mass destruction.".
- catalog title "Terrorism and weapons of mass destruction : an analysis of trends and motivations / Bruce Hoffman.".
- catalog type "text".