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This book offers an A-to-Z listing of major topics, with a focus on weapons that date from the use of chemical warfare in World War I. It also covers WMD from the early nuclear era (World War II), the Cold War, and the present (Syria, North Korea, etc.). Each entry is written in a clear, accessible style and includes crucial background information.

Weapons of mass destruction

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Weapons of mass destruction --- Government policy

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"Concerns about CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radioactive, Nuclear) weapons have featured prominently in both political debates and media reporting about the ongoing threat from al Qaeda since 9/11. This book provides a chronological account of al Qaeda's efforts to acquire a CBRN weapon capability, and the evolution of the al Qaeda leadership's approach to actually using CBRN weapons, set against the context of the politicisation of the threat of CBRN terrorism in US security debates. Ben Cole explores how the inherently political nature of terrorist CBRN threats has helped to shape al Qaeda's approach to CBRN weapons, and shows how the heightened political sensitivities surrounding the threat have enabled some governments to manipulate it in order to generate domestic and international support for controversial policies, particularly the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He assesses the relative success of the al Qaeda leadership's political approach to CBRN weapons, together with the relative success of efforts by the US, UK and Russian governments to exploit the al Qaeda CBRN threat for their wider political purposes. Shedding new light on al Qaeda's tactics and strategy, this book will be essential reading for scholars of terrorism and extremism studies."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

National security. --- Terrorism. --- Weapons of mass destruction. --- Qaida (Organization)

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Nuclear terrorism --- Bioterrorism --- Chemical terrorism --- Weapons of mass destruction --- Weapons of mass destruction. --- Nuclear terrorism - United States --- Bioterrorism - United States --- Chemical terrorism - United States

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This text is oriented toward planning police operations in the public sector, but will be usable by other public officials as well as some private sector police operations. It addresses police threat assessment of, vulnerability assessment to, defense against and response to attacks by special weapons of mass destruction in a civilian setting. These include chemical, biological and radiological attacks. It begins with a review of the policy and legal issues pertaining to special weapons and of the pertinent counter-terrorist response considerations discussed in the author's other book, POLICE

Police --- Terrorism --- Weapons of mass destruction. --- Biological weapons. --- Chemical weapons. --- Special weapons and tactics units. --- Prevention.