Defining "Weapons of Mass Destruction"

by National Defense University Institute and National Defense University

By the late 1990s, the term WMD was an integral part of American national security discourse, as evident by its growing usage. A full text search of the New York Times identified the number of stories every year from 1945 to 2010 using the term WMD or a variant. Other than 1973, the term appeared in at least one article every year during that 65-year period. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, it appeared in stories about 30 times every year, declining...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1500582247
• ISBN13: 9781500582241
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"