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Schreier, Fred.

WMD proliferation : reforming the security sector to meet the threat / Weapons of mass destruction proliferation Fred Schreier. - 1st ed. - Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, c2009. - xix, 341 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-326) and index.

pt. 1. The WMD threat -- Weapons of mass destruction -- Nuclear weapons -- Chemical, biological, and toxin weapons -- Chemical weapons -- Biological and toxin weapons -- Radiological weapons -- pt. 2. Reforming the security sector -- Preparing the security sector for the preeminent threats -- Centralizing national security decisionmaking -- Reforming the intelligence services -- Legislation -- National interests and national security policy -- The modern security sector -- Homeland defense, infrastructure, and emergency preparedness -- International and interagency collaboration.

ISBN: 9781597974219 (alk. paper) 9781597974226 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008055630

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Weapons of mass destruction--Government policy--United States.
Arms race--United States.
National security--United States.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Defenses.

LC Class. No.: U793 / .S37 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 358/.30973