Hype or reality : the "new terrorism" and mass casualty attacks / ed. byBrad Roberts.

The essentials of the debate. On not overstating the problem / Ehud Spinzak -- On not understanding the problem / James K. Campbell. Evaluating components of the problem. Right-wing terrorism and weapons of mass destruction: motives, strategies, and movements / Paul de Armond -- Lone operators and weapons of mass destruction / Jeffrey D. Simon -- Collapsing states and abrupt regime changes: implications for NBC terrorism / John Parachini -- Agricultural bioterrorism /Floyd Horn -- Terrorism and organized crime / Phil Williams -- Terrorism and asymmetric conflict / Brad Roberts -- The experience of the Japanese Aum ShinrikyoGroup and biological agents / Milton Leitenberg. The changing environment. Motives and methods of future political violence: landscapes of the early twenty-first century / Paul Shulte -- The impact of biotechnology / Malcolm R. Dando. Calibrating risks. The debate over future terrorist use of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons / Bruce Hoffman -- The new terrorism and N

Drawing on a CBACI conference, this volume addresses the issue of the use of weapons of mass destruction in terrorism.