Cooperative threat reduction : evolution, issues, programs /

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Imprint:New York : Nova Publishers, [2015]
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Defense, security and strategies
Defense, security and strategy series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12348598
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Other authors / contributors:Burke, Rachel D., editor of compilation.
ISBN:9781634637510
1634637518
9781634637237
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:The United States uses a number of policy tools to address the threat of attack using chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) weapons. These include a set of financial and technical programs known, variously, as cooperative threat reduction (CTR) programs, nonproliferation assistance, or, global security engagement. Congress has supported these programs over the years, but has raised a number of questions about their implementation and their future direction. Over the years, the CTR effort shifted from an emergency response to impending chaos in the Soviet Union to a broader prog.
Other form:Print version: Cooperative threat reduction New York : Nova Publishers, [2015] 9781634637237