Nuclear Proliferation and Terrorism in the Post-9/11 World
This book fills a clear gap in the literature for a technically-focused book covering nuclear proliferation and related issues post-9/11. Using a concept-led approach which serves a broad readership, it provides detailed overview of nuclear weapons, nucle
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Nuclear Proliferation and Terrorism in the Post-9/11 World
Nuclear Proliferation and Terrorism in the Post-9/11 World
David Hafemeister
Nuclear Proliferation and Terrorism in the Post-9/11 World
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David Hafemeister California Polytechnic State University San Louis Obispo, CA USA
ISBN 978-3-319-25365-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-25367-1
ISBN 978-3-319-25367-1
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I dedicate this book to my eclectic and wonderful six grand-children: Matthieu, Adeline, Alexandre, Lydia, Grace and Elijah. Your diverse strengths are part of the solutions to issues raised in this text.
Preface
The 9/11/2001 and 11/13/2015 attacks Four days after the attack on Paris, the New York Times headlines showed signs of panic: • • • • • • • • • •
Call to Arms in France Amid Raids and a Manhunt Hollande Asks Parliament to Act Quickly to Help in Eradicating ISIS Distrust, Even Fear, as Secular France Cools on Muslims GOP Governors Vow to Close Doors to Syrian Refugees Gloves Off, Director of the CIA Faults Surveillance Curbs After Paris Attacks, Vilifying Refugees Paris Changes Everything Parties Split on Response but United Behind France Obama says Strategy Against Militants Will Work US Airstrikes Destroy Scores of ISIS Oil Trucks in Syria
It is deja vu (all over again), we are reminded that modern society is vulnerable to modest-sized attacks, that then evoke big responses. Death of 129 at the Baticlan music hall and elsewhere caught the attention of the democracies and dictatorships. Should we install boots on the ground, as we did in Afghanistan and Iraq? Is that what Osama bin Laden wanted us to do in the first place? Are we being provoked into future Armageddon confrontations? Or, are we
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