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100 1 _aIklé, Fred Charles
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245 1 0 _aAnnihilation from Within :
_bThe Ultimate Threat to Nations /
_cFred Charles Iklé.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bColumbia University Press,
_c[2006]
264 4 _c©2006
300 _a1 online resource (160 p.)
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tCONTENTS --
_tWhat This Book Is About --
_t1. Mankind's Cultural Split --
_t2. Science Pushes Us Over the Brink --
_t3. Five Lessons of the Nuclear Age --
_t4. Annihilation from Within --
_t5. Time to Get Serious --
_t6. Restoration --
_tNotes --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aIn this eloquent and impassioned book, defense expert Fred Iklé predicts a revolution in national security that few strategists have grasped; fewer still are mindful of its historic roots. We are preoccupied with suicide bombers, jihadist terrorists, and rogue nations producing nuclear weapons, but these menaces are merely distant thunder that foretells the gathering storm. It is the dark side of technological progress that explains this emerging crisis. Globalization guarantees the spread of new technologies, whether beneficial or destructive, and this proliferation reaches beyond North Korea, Iran, and other rogue states. Our greatest threat is a cunning tyrant gaining possession of a few weapons of mass destruction. His purpose would not be to destroy landmarks, highjack airplanes, or attack railroad stations. He would annihilate a nation's government from within and assume dictatorial power. The twentieth century offers vivid examples of tyrants who have exploited major national disasters by rallying violent followers and intimidating an entire nation. To explain how we have become so vulnerable, Iklé turns to history. Some 250 years ago, science was freed from political and religious constraints, causing a cultural split in which one part of our culture remained animated by religion and politics while the other became guided by science. Since then, technological progress and the evolving political order march to different drummers. Science advances at an accelerating pace while religion and politics move along a zigzag course. This divergence will widen and endanger the survival of all nations.Drawing on his experience as a Washington insider, Iklé outlines practical measures that could readily be implemented to help us avert the worst disaster.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 _aNuclear disarmament.
650 0 _aRadicalism.
650 0 _aSecurity, International.
650 0 _aTechnology
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aTerrorism.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7312/ikle13952
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