WMD proliferation
Subtitle: reforming the security sector to meet the threat
By: Fred Schreier.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Potomac Books; Potomac Books Inc.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781597974219; 9781597974226
Subjects: Weapons of mass destruction -- Government policy -- United States; Arms race -- United States; National security -- United States; United States -- Defenses
Other titles: Weapons of mass destruction proliferation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The WMD threat; title: Weapons of mass destruction; title: Nuclear weapons; title: Chemical, biological, and toxin weapons; title: Chemical weapons; title: Biological and toxin weapons; title: Radiological weapons; title: pt. 2. Reforming the security sector; title: Preparing the security sector for the preeminent threats; title: Centralizing national security decisionmaking; title: Reforming the intelligence services; title: Legislation; title: National interests and national security policy; title: The modern security sector; title: Homeland defense, infrastructure, and emergency preparedness; title: International and interagency collaboration.