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Worst cases terror and catastrophe in the popular imagination /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Clarke, Lee Ben
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2006.
Subjects:	Emergency management. Disasters > Psychological aspects. Terrorism > Psychological aspects. Risk assessment. Catastrophical, The. Electronic books.
Online Access:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:

1. Worst cases : be afraid, be very afraid
2. The sky could be falling : globally relevant disasters and the perils of probabilism
3. What's the worst that can happen? 4. Power, politics, and panic in worst cases
5. Silver linings : the good from the worst
6. Living and dying in worst case worlds.