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Nanotechnology and Homeland Security: New Weapons for New Wars
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Nanotechnology and Homeland Security: New Weapons for New Wars

by Daniel Ratner, Mark A. Ratner
October 2003
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
176 pages
3h 23m
English
Pearson
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Chapter 1. Introduction

 

“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.”

 
 --Wendell Phillips

The Great Awakening

These are extraordinary times. And we face an extraordinary challenge. Our strength as well as our convictions have imposed upon this nation the role of leader in freedom’s cause. No role in history could be more difficult or more important. We stand for freedom.... The great battleground for the defense and expansion of freedom today is the whole southern half of the globe—Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.... Yet [our opponents’] aggression is more often concealed than open. They have fired no missiles; and their troops are seldom seen. They send arms, agitators, aid, technicians and propaganda to every troubled area. But ...

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