Graham, Thomas, 1933-

Preventing catastrophe : the use and misuse of intelligence in efforts to halt the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction / Thomas Graham Jr., Keith A. Hansen. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2009. - xvii, 300 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-292) and index.

Motivations of countries and terrorists to acquire WMD -- Detecting and monitoring clandestine WMD programs -- The track record against clandestine proliferation -- Intelligence community--policymaker relations : playing as a team? -- Intelligence on Iraqi WMD programs & policy reactions -- National and international efforts to thwart proliferation -- Conclusion : is it possible to prevent future proliferation? -- Postscript : what if we fail to prevent further proliferation?

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Intelligence service--United States.
Weapons of mass destruction--Government policy--United States.
Nuclear nonproliferation
Hansen, Keith A.--Government policy--United States. 700 1_

UB 251 / G742p 2009

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