There is a widely held belief in the imminent probability of
nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons of mass destruction being
used by terrorists against civilian targets. This edited volume
critically assesses the suggestion that one safeguard against this
possibility would be to strengthen existing international
prohibitions against state- level acquisition of such weapons.
A glimpse of the possible potential of terrorist use of weapons
of mass destruction has been seen through the actions of the Tokyo
Aum group, and through the use of chlorine by insurgents in Iraq.
However, the extent of the real threat posed is as yet unclear, and
safeguarding against it in developing countries will not be easy.
This book assembles specialists in each category of WMD in order to
examine the potential of expanding the three classical arms control
treaties in order to combat the threat posed by smaller terrorist
groups, and draws conclusions as to the strengths and weaknesses of
this suggestion.
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