America's Achilles' Heel: Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Terrorism and Covert Attack

by Bradley A Thayer, Richard A. Falkenrath, Robert D Newman, et al.

Book Overview

This volume analyzes the nature andlimits of the covert NBC threat and proposes a measured set of policyresponses, focused on improving intelligence andconsequence-management capabilities to reduce U.S. vulnerability.

Nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) weapons delivered covertly by terrorists or hostile governments pose a significant and growing threat to the United States and other countries. Although the threat of NBC attack...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262561182
• ISBN13: 9780262561181
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

AAH rewiew

I needed this book for a class I am taking, however, I would have read this book just for pleasure, I finished it before the class even started

Systematic, thorough, detailed, very solid...

In a very good way, I got more than I bargained for by reading this book. While seeking a solid source to inform myself on the "nuts and bolts", policy implications, and development of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), I continued to come across this title. Expect some dense and intense reading; there is not a wasted word here. The book focuses exclusively on the covert delivery of a nuclear, biological, or chemical weapon against an American target, exploring possible methods, limitations, locales, preventive measures, and consequences. This book will considerably broaden the knowledge of any first-timer looking into WMD and likely provides substantive material for discussion among policy makers and experts in the field.

The Complete Guide to Understanding Bioterrorism

I picked up this book as a research tool for a paper. Not only did I find the book to contain everything I needed, I became so enveloped in the reality of what I was reading that I couldn't put it down. A fan of Tom Clancy novels, this book describes the harsh reality that we live in, while detailing both the strengths and the weaknesses of the US response to bioterrorism. A must read for those with an interest in national security issues.