Worrying about WMD terrorism / Stephen M. Maurer
Profiling the WMD terrorism threat / Jeffrey M. Bale and Gary A. Ackerman
Technologies of evil: chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons / Maurer
The new bioweapons: infectious and engineered diseases / George W. Rutherford and Maurer
The indispensable technology: detectors for nuclear, biological, and chemical WMD / Simon Labov and Tom Slezak
Securing America's borders and ports / Michael Nacht and Blas Perez Henriquez
Setting priorities: assessing threats and identifying cost-effective responses to WMD terrorism / Thomas Edmunds and Richard Wheeler
Weapons of mass destruction: are our political institutions adapting? / Eugene Bardach
Responding to WMD terrorism threats: the role of insurance markets / Dwight Jaffee and Thomas Russell
The fire next time: managing large urban fires / Maurer, Jason C. Christopher, and Michael Thompson
Public health preparedness for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons / Lois M. Davis and Jeanne S. Ringel
Recovering from nuclear and radiological attacks / Christine Hartmann Siantar, Tammy P. Taylor, and C. Norman Coleman
Remediation following chemical and biological attacks / Ellen Raber, Tina Carlsen, and Robert Kirvel
Estimating the economic impacts of WMD attacks / Peter Gordon, Bumsoo Lee, James E. Moore II, Qisheng Pan, JiYoung Park, and Harry W. Richardson
Squeezing value from Homeland Security research: designing better R&D incentives / Maurer
Fear itself: predicting and managing public response to a WMD attack / Maurer and Michael O'Hare
Preventing WMD terrorism / Deborah Yarsike Ball, Lucy M. Hair, Thomas McVey, and Michael Nacht
Summing up / Maurer
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