TERRORISM: Commentary on Security Documents: Volume 102

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Douglas Lovelace, Kristen Boon, and Aziz Huq

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents

The documents in this volume cover a wide range of topics related to weapons of mass destruction terrorism. The focus is largely on nuclear terrorism, but this volume also addresses attack insurance, which is rarely covered by the media, and consequence management.
Doug Lovelace furnishes careful, instructive commentary to supplement the primary source material. In addition to explaining the thrust of each document, Lovelace provides researchers with helpful background information.
Provides key insight not just into current US preparedness for WMD attacks but also into the US military's contingency plans for managing the consequences of possible attacks.

TERRORISM: Commentary on Security Documents: Volume 102

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Douglas Lovelace, Kristen Boon, and Aziz Huq

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents

Description

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is a hardbound series that provides primary-source documents on the worldwide counter-terrorism effort. Among the documents collected are transcripts of Congressional testimony, reports by such federal government bodies as the Congressional Research Service and the Government Accountability Office, and case law covering issues related to terrorism. Most volumes carry a single theme, and inside each volume the documents appear within topic-based categories. The series also includes a subject index and other indices that guide the user through this complex area of the law.

Volume 102, Weapons of Mass Destruction, examines nuclear terrorism, which is the form of terrorism that poses the greatest risk to the United States and the rest of the world. Taken together, the documents presented in this volume communicate the unsettling message that the threat of nuclear proliferation is very serious and that the United States has not yet taken the adequate preventitive, defensive, and mitigation measures. Volume 102 further addresses consequence management, which is the method for managing and mitigating the consequences of a weapons of mass destruction attack. Doug Lovelace's commentary underscores the areas of dispute in connection with the United States' consequence management efforts and clarifies the arguments on both sides of the debate. Finally, this volume deals with the often overlooked subject of attack insurance. The report relating to this topic illustrates the insufficiency of the coverage that is currently available and proposes methods for improving the attack insurance industry. Reseachers will find in Volume 102 an illuminative glimpse into subjects related to weapons of mass destruction terrorism. The value of this volume lies both in the breadth of topics covered and in the clarification to be found in Lovelace's commentary.

TERRORISM: Commentary on Security Documents: Volume 102

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Douglas Lovelace, Kristen Boon, and Aziz Huq

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents

Volume 102: "Weapons of Mass Destruction"
A. Nuclear Terrorism Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism: Nuclear Terrorism Commentary By Douglas
C. Lovelace, Jr.
Annual Threat Assessment of the Intelligence Community for Senate Armed Services Committee, Statement for the Record February 27, 2008
Nonproliferation: U.S. Agencies Have Taken Some Steps, but More Effort is Needed to Strengthen and Expand the Proliferation Security Initiative, GAO report, GAO-09-43 November 2008
World at Risk: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism December 2008
B. Consequence Management Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism: Consequence Management Commentary By Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr.
Multiservice Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Consequence Management Operations: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force FM 3-11.21, MCRP 3-37.2C, NTTP 3-11.24, AFTTP(I) 3-2.37 April 2008
Military Support to Foreign Consequence Management Operations for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Incidents CJCSI 3214.01C May 14, 2008
C. Attack Insurance Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism: Attack Insurance Commentary By Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr.
Terrorism Insurance: Status of Coverage Availability for Attacks Involving Nuclear, Biological, Chemical or Radiological Weapons GAO Report GAO-09-39 December 2008

TERRORISM: Commentary on Security Documents: Volume 102

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Douglas Lovelace, Kristen Boon, and Aziz Huq

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents

Author Information

Doug C. Lovelace is the Director of the Strategic Studies Institute at the US Army War College. Earlier in his military career, he worked on national security directives. He holds an MBA degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and a JD from Widener School of Law.

Kristen E. Boon is Director of International Programs at Seton Hall University School of Law. Her writings have appeared in the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law and the New York University Journal of International Law. A former clerk to the Supreme Court of Canada's Justice Ian Binnie, she holds an M.A. in Political Science from McGill University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.

Aziz Huq teaches at the University of Chicago Law School and was recently Director of the Liberty and National Security Project at NYU Law School's Brennan Center. He previously clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and served as Senior Consultant Analyst for the International Crisis Group.