Description
| Product ID: | 9780755600939 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Political Manipulation and Weapons of Mass Destruction |
| Subtitle: | Terrorism, Influence and Persuasion |
| Authors: | Author: Ben Cole |
| Page Count: | 416 |
| Subjects: | Middle Eastern history, Middle Eastern history, History, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Crime and criminology, Religious and theocratic ideologies, Terrorism, armed struggle, Revolutionary groups and movements, Armed conflict, Weapons and equipment, Chemical and biological weapons, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict, Crime & criminology, Religious & theocratic ideologies, Terrorism, armed struggle, Revolutionary groups & movements, Armed conflict, Weapons & equipment, Chemical & biological weapons, 21st century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Concerns about CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radioactive, Nuclear) weapons have featured prominently in both political debates and media reporting about the ongoing threat from al Qaeda since 9/11. This book provides a chronological account of al Qaeda's efforts to acquire a CBRN weapon capability, and the evolution of the al Qaeda leadership's approach to actually using CBRN weapons, set against the context of the politicisation of the threat of CBRN terrorism in US security debates. Ben Cole explores how the inherently political nature of terrorist CBRN threats has helped to shape al Qaeda's approach to CBRN weapons, and shows how the heightened political sensitivities surrounding the threat have enabled some governments to manipulate it in order to generate domestic and international support for controversial policies, particularly the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He assesses the relative success of the al Qaeda leadership's political approach to CBRN weapons, together with the relative success of efforts by the US, UK and Russian governments to exploit the al Qaeda CBRN threat for their wider political purposes. Shedding new light on al Qaeda's tactics and strategy, this book will be essential reading for scholars of terrorism and extremism studies. Concerns about CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radioactive, Nuclear) weapons have featured prominently in both political debates and media reporting about the ongoing threat from al Qaeda since 9/11. This book provides a chronological account of al Qaeda''s efforts to acquire a CBRN weapon capability, and the evolution of the al Qaeda leadership''s approach to actually using CBRN weapons, set against the context of the politicisation of the threat of CBRN terrorism in US security debates. Ben Cole explores how the inherently political nature of terrorist CBRN threats has helped to shape al Qaeda''s approach to CBRN weapons, and shows how the heightened political sensitivities surrounding the threat have enabled some governments to manipulate it in order to generate domestic and international support for controversial policies, particularly the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He assesses the relative success of the al Qaeda leadership''s political approach to CBRN weapons, together with the relative success of efforts by the US, UK and Russian governments to exploit the al Qaeda CBRN threat for their wider political purposes.Shedding new light on al Qaeda''s tactics and strategy, this book will be essential reading for scholars of terrorism and extremism studies. |
| Imprint Name: | I.B. Tauris |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-12-26 |
