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Download or read book Preparing the U S Army for Homeland Security written by Eric Victor Larson and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although military policy seems focused on overseas threats, defending the homeland is, of course, the ultimate objective. This guide examines emergent threats to the USA homeland such as speciality weapons, cyber attacks and ballistic missiles and delineates the army's responsibilities.
Download or read book Trace Elements in Terrestrial Environments written by Domy C. Adriano and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive reference handbook on the important aspects of trace elements in the land environment. Each chapter addresses a particular element and gives a general introduction to their role in the environment, where they come from, and their biogeochemical cycles. In addition to a complete updating of each of the element chapters, this new edition has new chapters devoted to aluminum and iron, soil contamination, remediation and trace elements in aquatic ecosystems. In short, an essential resource for environmental scientists and chemists, regulators and policy makers.
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Download or read book Costs of Disarmament disarming the Costs written by Susan Willett and published by United Nations Publications UNIDIR. This book was released on 2003 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study evaluates the costs and benefits of nuclear arms control treaties between the US and the Soviet Union/Russian Federation. The report finds that, although the implementation and verification of nuclear arms control regimes can be expensive, these costs pale into insignificance compared to the costs and risks of nuclear rearmament and the consequences of a nuclear arms race.
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Download or read book Costs of Disarmament written by Susan Willett and published by United Nations Publications UNIDIR. This book was released on 2002 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates the methodological challenges of analyzing the costs and benefits associated with arms control. The need for such a study has arisen because the cumulative increases in the cost of treaty compliance have impeded arms control implementation and contributed to its growing marginalization. In this publication, the issues are examined in detail. Background material on the rising costs of disarmament is provided. Finally, this publication looks at the averted costs of arms control, namely arms racing, military expenditure increases, opportunity costs and the costs of war.
