Seeking security in an insecure world /
Dan Caldwell and Robert E. Williams, Jr.
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2006.
- x, 241 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-226) and index.
The meaning of security today -- Conventional weapons and war : traditional threats in new forms -- Nuclear weapons : living in the shadow of the mushroom cloud -- Bugs and gas : biological and chemical weapons -- The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction : spreading insecurity? -- Disease : the greatest killer -- Cyber-threats : how we're all connected to the bad guys -- Drugs and thugs : trafficking and international security -- The state of the state : national security after 9/11 -- Ethnic conflict and security : ancient hatreds? -- The root of all evil? : the matter of economic security -- Ecological disasters and resource wars : seeking environmental security -- Living in the shadow of the World Trade Center : coping with the threat of terrorism -- Seeking security in an insecure world : the way forward.