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Contents
Preface vii
I. Theaters of Modern War 1
Editor’s Introduction 3
1) U.S. Soldiers Train for Urban
Warfare. Ron Martz. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 5
2) Fighting in Sand Land. Tim
Ripley. Armada International 9
3) Guerrilla Ships for a New
Kind of War. Otis Port and Stan Crock. Business Week 19
4) Space Weapons: Refuting the
Critics. Steven Lambakis. Policy Review 22
5) Information Warfare: Time to
Prepare. Bruce D. Berkowitz. Issues in Science and Technology 33
II. Terrorism 47
Editor’s Introduction 49
1) Southeast Asia Remains
Fertile for Al Qaeda. Raymond Bonner. The New York Times 51
2) Al Qaeda Considered as
Dangerous as Before 9/11. John Diamond and Kevin Johnson. USA Today 56
3) Suicide Terrorism. Kaja
Perina. Psychology Today 59
III. Chemical and Biological
Weapons 61
Editor’s Introduction 63
1) Russia’s Poorly Guarded
Past. Joby Warrick. The Washington Post 65
2) Combating Biological Weapons.
Michael Crowley. UN Chronicle 72
3) Waiting for Bioterror.
Katherine Eban. The Nation 78
4) A New Base for Developing
Chemical, Biological Defenses. Steve Vogel. The Washington Post 90
IV. Nuclear and Radiological
Weapons 93
Editor’s Introduction 95
1) U.N. Unit Warns on Nuclear
Material. John J. Fialka. Wall Street Journal 97
2) Micro-Nukes. James Gordon
Prather. The American Spectator 99
3) Nuclear Nightmares. Bill
Keller. The New York Times Magazine 101
V. Non-lethal Weapons 119
Editor’s Introduction 121
1) Bang! You’re Incapacitated.
Brad Knickerbocker. The Christian Science Monitor 123
2) The Pentagon’s
"Non-lethal" Gas. Bill Mesler. The Nation 128
3) U.S. Troops Find New Uses for
Non-lethal Weaponry. Harold Kennedy. National Defense 134
VI. The Future of Modern War 139
Editor’s Introduction 141
1) Outfitting the Army of One.
Monty Phan and Lou Dolinar. Newsday 143
2) In New Era of War, Pilotless
Planes Soaring. Peter H. King. The Los Angeles Times 147
3) High-tech Gear Making Troops
Precise, Deadly. Michael Hedges. Houston Chronicle 150
4) Eyes in the Sky. Matthew
Brewer. Ad Astra 155
5) The New Military-Industrial
Complex. Ian Mount, David H. Freedman, and Matthew
Maier. Business 2.0 160
Bibliography 169
Books 171
Additional Periodical Articles
with Abstracts 173
Index 181
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