From lambs to lions
Subtitle: future security relationships in a world of biological and nuclear weapons
By: Thomas Preston
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9780742566309
Subjects: Weapons of mass destruction; Forecasting; Nuclear nonproliferation; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING; Biological warfare; Asymmetric warfare; Nuclear warfare; International Security; Other; Military; Military Science; Prevention; HISTORY
Other titles: Future security relationships in a world of biological and nuclear weapons
Description: While many books discuss how nations can prevent the proliferation of biological and nuclear weapons, this unique and controversial volume begins with the premise that these weapons will certainly multiply despite our desperate desire to slow this process. How worried should we be and what should we do? In From Lambs to Lions, Thomas Preston examines current trends in the proliferation of nuclear and biological weapons capabilities, know-how, and technologies for both state and non-state actors-and then projects these trends over the coming ten to fifteen years to assess how they might impact.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-412) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: The challenge for small states seeking to be lions rather than lambs; title: Nuclear proliferation, deterrence, and evolving security relationships; title: Nuclear security relationships : options and constraints on new nuclear states; title: Biological proliferation and the future of warfare; title: Biological security relationships : options and constraints on new bioweapon states; title: The bionuclear security threat : implications and recommendations for policy.