AnyBook4Less.com	Find the Best Price on the Web Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Home  |  Store List  |  FAQ  |  Contact Us  |
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money Keyword AuthorISBN

Title: America's Achilles' Heel: Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Terrorism and Covert Attack (BCSIA Studies in International Security) by Richard A. Falkenrath, Robert D. Newman, Bradley A. Thayer ISBN: 0-262-56118-2 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 26 June, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.00

Your Country USA Canada United Kingdom Australia Austria Belgium France Germany Italy Netherlands Switzerland Currency AutoUSD CAD GBP EUR AUD CHF Delivery Only cheapest delivery All delivery options Include Used Books Are you a club member of: Barnes and Noble Books A Million Chapters.Indigo.ca

Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Comprehensive, realistic approach
Comment: This is a comprehensive analysis of the threat without being alarmist.

It is far too easy to find shocking explanations of the biological weapons potential that do not describe some of the difficulties in their procurement and delivery. This "sexy" approach captures our attention and makes for good entertainment, but the 'Chicken Little' approach doesn't help us develop rational methods for dealing with the issue.

Read this book if you want a levelheaded examination. It also contains a good description and solid recommendations for a national strategy.

Rating: 5
Summary: Systematic, thorough, detailed, very solid...
Comment: In a very good way, I got more than I bargained for by reading this book. While seeking a solid source to inform myself on the "nuts and bolts", policy implications, and development of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), I continued to come across this title. Expect some dense and intense reading; there is not a wasted word here. The book focuses exclusively on the covert delivery of a nuclear, biological, or chemical weapon against an American target, exploring possible methods, limitations, locales, preventive measures, and consequences. This book will considerably broaden the knowledge of any first-timer looking into WMD and likely provides substantive material for discussion among policy makers and experts in the field.

Rating: 5
Summary: The Complete Guide to Understanding Bioterrorism
Comment: I picked up this book as a research tool for a paper. Not only did I find the book to contain everything I needed, I became so enveloped in the reality of what I was reading that I couldn't put it down. A fan of Tom Clancy novels, this book describes the harsh reality that we live in, while detailing both the strengths and the weaknesses of the US response to bioterrorism. A must read for those with an interest in national security issues.

Similar Books:

	Title: Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World--Told from Inside by the Man Who Ran It by Stephen Handelman, Ken Alibek ISBN: 0385334966 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 11 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95
	Title: Inside Terrorism by Bruce Hoffman ISBN: 0231114699 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $20.00
	Title: Toxic Terror: Assessing Terrorist Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons (BCSIA Studies in International Security) by Jonathan B. Tucker ISBN: 0262700719 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 25 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.00
	Title: Countering the New Terrorism by Ian O. Lesser, Bruce Hoffman, John Arquilla, Michele Zanini, Ian Lesser, David Ronfeldt ISBN: 0833026674 Publisher: Rand Corporation (NBN) Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00
	Title: Biological Weapons: Limiting the Threat (BCSIA Studies in International Security) by Joshua Lederberg ISBN: 0262621282 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 07 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $25.00