Screen LibrarySeeking security in an insecure world
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
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| Publisher Address: | Lanham, Md. |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | x, 241 p.: ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0742538125 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780742538122 (cloth : alk. paper) 0742538133 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780742538139 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | D815 |
| CLC: |
D815.5 D58 D523.3 |
| Call Number: | D815.5/C147 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-226) and index. The meaning of security today -- Conventional weapons and war : traditional threats in new forms -- Nuclear weapons : living in the shadow of the mushroom cloud -- Bugs and gas : biological and chemical weapons -- The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction : spreading insecurity? -- Disease : the greatest killer -- Cyber-threats : how we're all connected to the bad guys -- Drugs and thugs : trafficking and international security -- The state of the state : national security after 9/11 -- Ethnic conflict and security : ancient hatreds? -- The root of all evil? : the matter of economic security -- Ecological disasters and resource wars : seeking environmental security -- Living in the shadow of the World Trade Center : coping with the threat of terrorism -- Seeking security in an insecure world : the way forward. |