Terrorism and weapons of mass destruction : responding to the challenge / edited by Ian Bellany. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2007. - viii, 246 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Routledge global security studies ; 3 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Material dangers / Ian Bellany -- Manufacturing the means of apocalypse : Aum Shinrikyo and the acquisition of weapons of mass destruction / Ian Reader -- Chemical and biological terrorism and multilateral conventions / Edward M. Spiers -- The Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological Weapons Convention : confronting the threat of international terrorism / Daniel Feakes -- The status of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in relation to the prevention of bioterrorism / Nicholas A. Sims -- Verification under the Chemical Weapons Convention / Ron G. Manley -- The diversion of nuclear materials for terrorist use / Stephen M. Francis -- Arms control, game theory and the twenty-first century / D. Marc Kilgour.

9780415417143 (hardback) 0415417147 (hardback) 9780203937532 (ebook) 0203937538 (ebook) 9780415570657 (pbk.)

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Terrorism--Prevention.
Terrorism--Prevention--International cooperation.
Weapons of mass destruction--Prevention--International cooperation.
Arms control--International cooperation.
Security, International.

HV6431 / .T4636 2007

363.32537 / T328