TY - BOOK AU - MANDEL Robert TI - Deadly transfers and the global playground: transnational security threats in a disorderly world SN - 0275962288 (hbk.): PY - 1999/// CY - Westport, Conn. PB - Praeger KW - ARMS TRANSFERS KW - COMPUTER SECURITY KW - DRUG TRAFFICKING KW - HAZARDOUS WASTES KW - INFECTIOUS DISEASES KW - INTERNATIONAL SECURITY KW - MIGRATION KW - SECURITY POLICY N2 - An analytical study of the theoretical global security threats posed by the increase of cross-national transactions which are not under national governments' exclusive initiation or control. These 'deadly transfers' involve clandestine conventional arms transfers; illegal human migrants; illicit drugs; unsanctioned hazardous materials; lethal infectious diseases; and incapacitating information disruptions.Proposes an alternative set of ideas for coping with these transactions 'to widen the arsenal of security policy makers..' ER -