Format:
1 online resource (370 pages)
ISBN:
9780804779814
Content:
Terrorism, War, or Disease? Unraveling the Use of Biological Weapons examines the complex political, military, legal, and scientific challenges involved in determining when biological weapons have been and who has used them through detailed case studies and draws lessons to improve our ability to counter the world's most deadly silent killers.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- The Authors -- 1. Introduction: Identifying Biological Agents, Characterizing Events, and Attributing Blame - Anne L. Clunan -- Part I: Case Studies -- 2. The U.S. Anthrax Letters: A Confirmed Case of BW Agent Use - Leonard A. Cole -- 3. The 1994 Plague in Western India: Human Ecology and the Risks of Misattribution - Ron Barrett -- 4. The Yellow Rain Affair: Lessons from a Discredited Allegation - Matthew S. Meselson and Julian Perry Robinson -- 5. "Yellow Rain" Biological Warfare Agent Use: Evidence and Remaining Questions - Rebecca Katz -- 6. False Allegations of U.S. Biological Weapons Use During the Korean War - Milton Leitenberg -- 7. Cuban Allegations of U.S. Biological Warfare: False Allegations and Their Impact on Attribution - Raymond A. Zilinskas -- 8. Imperial Japan's Germ Warfare: The Suppression of Evidence at the Tokyo War Crimes Trial, 1946-1948 - Jeanne Guillemin -- 9. A Quantitative Overview of Biological Weapons: Identification, Characterization, and Attribution - Gary Ackerman and Victor Asal -- Part II: Policy and Scholarly Implications -- 10. U.S. Efforts to Investigate and Attribute the Use of Biological Weapons - Elisa D. Harris -- 11. A UK View on Biological Weapons Attribution Policies: The Importance of Strengthening Norms Against Biological Weapons - Graham S. Pearson -- 12. Multilateral Approaches to the Investigation and Attribution of Biological Weapons Use - Jonathan B. Tucker -- 13. Building Information Networks for Biosecurity - Anne L. Clunan -- 14. Conclusion: The Role of Attribution in Biosecurity Policy - Susan B. Martin and Anne L. Clunan -- Glossary of Technical Words and Terms -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804759762
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780804759762
Language:
English
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