Combating Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and: A Comprehensive Strategy (CSIS Reports)

The United States currently lacks a comprehensive strategy for countering the threat of terrorism involving nuclear, radiological, chemical, and-most glaringly -- biological weapons. Although federal, state, and local governments have made impressive strides to prepare for terrorism involving these weapons, the whole remains less than the sum of the parts. As a result, the United States is now at a crossroads. Although credit must be given where due, the time has come for a cold-eyed assessment and evaluation based on program reviews and other measures of effectiveness. This report offers such an assessment, providing a road map of near- and long-term priorities for senior federal officials to marshal federal, state, local, private sector, and nongovernmental resources for defending the U.S. homeland against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) terrorism.Sharon L. Cardash is the author of 'Combating Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and: A Comprehensive Strategy (CSIS Reports)', published 2001 under ISBN 9780892063895 and ISBN 0892063890.