Gathering Biological Warfare Storm

Name: Gathering Biological Warfare Storm
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ISBN: 9780275983147

ISBN-10: 0275983145

ISBN-13: 9780275983147

Edition: 2004

Authors: Jim A. Davis, Barry R. Schneider

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A new threat is stalking nations, as terrorist organizations and rogue states alike appear intent on acquiring and using the "poor man's nuclear weapon": biological agents such as anthrax, smallpox, and plague. Attacks against Americans during the past dozen years may be an indication of more worrisome events to come. U.S. military forces in Japan were attacked in April of 1990 with botulinum toxin by the Aum Shinrikyo cult. Hundreds in Oregon were sickened with Salmonella after an attack in 1984. And small amounts of anthrax resulted in widespread panic and frequent evacuations across the United States in the fall of 2001. Ten experts discuss in detail the threats posed by bio-weapons and…

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List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 5/30/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

JIM A. DAVIS is Senior Program Manager at Battelle and former Deputy Director at the USAF Counterproliferation Center at Maxwell Air Force Base.

BARRY R. SCHNEIDER is Director of the USAF Counterproliferation Center at Maxwell Air Force Base and a Professor of International Relations at the Air War College. He is the co-editor with Jim Davis of The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm (Praeger, 2004).



Acknowledgments


Preface



U.S. Biodefense Readiness: Thoughts after September 11th




Agroterrorism and Foot-and-Mouth Disease: Is the United States Prepared?




Surveillance and Detection: A Public Health Response to Bioterrorism




The Anthrax Terror: DOD's Number-One Biological Threat




Efficacy and Safety of the Anthrax Vaccine




Smallpox: A Primer




The Prospects for Biological War in the Middle East




Assessment of the Emerging Biocruise Threat




Next Generation Bioweapons: Genetic Engineering and Biological Warfare




A Biological Warfare Wake-Up Call: Prevalent Myths and Likely Scenarios



Notes


Index


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