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Planning the Unthinkable

Written by Scott Douglas Sagan,James J. Wirtz,Peter René Lavoy

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592 pages, about 12 hours of reading

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The proliferation of chemical, biologial and nuclear weapons is now the single most serious security concern for governments around the world. This text compares how organisations shape the way leaders intend to employ these armaments.

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