Annihilation from within : the ultimate threat to nations /
"In this book, defense expert Fred Ikle predicts a revolution in national security that few strategists have grasped; fewer still are mindful of its historic roots. We are preoccupied with suicide bombers, jihadist terrorists, and rogue nations producing nuclear weapons, but these menaces are m...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
c2006.
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| Summary: | "In this book, defense expert Fred Ikle predicts a revolution in national security that few strategists have grasped; fewer still are mindful of its historic roots. We are preoccupied with suicide bombers, jihadist terrorists, and rogue nations producing nuclear weapons, but these menaces are merely distant thunder that foretells the gathering storm." "It is the dark side of technological progress that explains this emerging crisis. Globalization guarantees the spread of new technologies, whether beneficial or destructive, and this proliferation reaches beyond North Korea, Iran, and other rogue states. Our greatest threat is a cunning tyrant gaining possession of a few weapons of mass destruction. His purpose would not be to destroy landmarks, highjack airplanes, or attack railroad stations. He would annihilate a nation's government from within and assume dictatorial power. The twentieth century offers vivid examples of tyrants who have exploited major national disasters by rallying violent followers and intimidating an entire nation."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 142 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-130) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231139527 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231139526 (cloth : alk. paper) |