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Masys, Anthony J |
Handbook of Security Science |
I12218 |
2022 |
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Nacht, Michael |
Nuclear Security |
I11912 |
2021 |
eBook |
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Dawson, Linda |
War in Space |
I08572 |
2018 |
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| Title | Handbook of Security Science |
| Author(s) | Masys, Anthony J |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | 97 illus., 58 illus. in color. eReference : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This handbook offers insights into how science (physical, natural and social) and technology can support new developments to manage the complexity resident within the threat and risk landscape. The security landscape can be described as dynamic and complex stemming from the emerging threats and risks that are both persistent and transborder. Globalization, climate change, terrorism, transnational crime can have significant societal impact and forces one to re-evaluate what ???national security??? means. Recent global events such as mass migration, terrorist acts, pandemics and cyber threats highlight the inherent vulnerabilities in our current security posture. As an interdisciplinary body of work, the Handbook of Security Science captures concepts, theories and security science applications, thereby providing a survey of current and emerging trends in security. Through an evidence-based approach, the collection of chapters in the book delivers insightful and comprehensive articulation of the problem and solution space associated with the complex security landscape. In so doing the Handbook of Security Science introduces scientific tools and methodologies to inform security management, risk and resilience decision support systems; insights supporting design of security solutions; approaches to threat, risk and vulnerability analysis; articulation of advanced cyber security solutions; and current developments with respect to integrated computational and analytical solutions that increase our understanding of security physical, social, economic, and technological interrelationships and problem space |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319918754 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Computer crimes
2. Crime Control and Security
3. Criminology
4. Cybercrime
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Environmental sciences???Social aspects
8. Environmental Social Sciences
9. International Security Studies
10. Military and Defence Studies
11. Politics and war
12. Security Science and Technology
13. Security systems
14. Security, International
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| Title | Nuclear Security : The Nexus Among Science, Technology and Policy |
| Author(s) | Nacht, Michael;Frank, Michael;Prussin, Stanley |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XVII, 340 p. 77 illus., 44 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This textbook is the first comprehensive and systematic account of the science, technology and policy issues associated with nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. Throughout their account of the evolution of nuclear policy, from its origin to the early Trump presidency, the authors interweave clear technical expositions of the science and technology that underpin and constrain it. The book begins by tracing the early work in atomic physics, the discovery of fission, and the developments that led to the Manhattan Project and the delivery of atomic bombs against Japan that ended World War II. It follows the initial failed attempts at nuclear disarmament, the onset of the Cold War nuclear arms competition, and the development of light water reactors to harness nuclear energy for electric power generation. The authors thoroughly unpack the problem of nuclear proliferation, examining the strategy and incentives for states that have and have not pursued nuclear weapons, and providing an overview of the nuclear arsenals of the current nuclear weapon states. They trace the technical, political and strategic evolution of deterrence, arms control and disarmament policies from the first attempts for an Outer Space Treaty in 1957 through the new START treaty of 2009. At critical junctures in the narrative, the authors explain the relevant nuclear science and technology including nuclear fission and criticality; nuclear materials and enrichment; nuclear detonation and nuclear weapons effects; nuclear weapons stockpile constraints, stewardship and surveillance; nuclear fusion and thermonuclear weapons; technologies for monitoring, verification and proliferation; and nuclear forensics. They conclude with an assessment of contemporary issues ranging from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action reached to halt Iran???s nuclear weapons development program, to the threat of nuclear terrorism, the perceived nuclear weapons policies of Russia and China, and the US efforts to provide disincentives for its allies to acquire their own nuclear weapons by maintaining credible security guarantees |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030750855 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Energy and state
4. Energy policy
5. Energy Policy, Economics and Management
6. International Security Studies
7. NUCLEAR ENERGY
8. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
9. Security Science and Technology
10. Security systems
11. Security, International
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| Title | War in Space : The Science and Technology Behind Our Next Theater of Conflict |
| Author(s) | Dawson, Linda |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018. |
| Description | IX, 206 p. 55 illus., 53 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | With the recent influx of spaceflight and satellite launches, the region of outer space has become saturated with vital technology used for communication and surveillance and the functioning of business and government. But what would happen if these capabilities were disrupted or even destroyed? How would we react if faced with a full-scale blackout of satellite communications? What can and has happened following the destruction of a satellite? In the short term, the aftermath would send thousands of fragments orbiting Earth as space debris. In the longer term, the ramifications of such an event on Earth and in space would be alarming, to say the least. This book takes a look at such crippling scenarios and how countries around the world might respond in their wake. It describes the aggressive actions that nations could take and the technologies that could be leveraged to gain power and control over assets, as well as to initiate war in the theater of outer space. The ways that a country's vital capabilities could be disarmed in such a setting are investigated. In addition, the book discusses our past and present political climate, including which countries currently have these abilities and who the aggressive players already are. Finally, it addresses promising research and space technology that could be used to protect us from those interested in destroying the world's vital systems. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319930527 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. International Security Studies
7. Popular Science in Technology
8. Security, International
9. SPACE SCIENCES
10. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
11. TECHNOLOGY
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