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Author Clunan, Anne

Title Terrorism, War, or Disease? : Unraveling the Use of Biological Weapons
Published Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (370 pages)
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 Leitenberg7. 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. Harris11. 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
Summary 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
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Subject Biological arms control.
Biological weapons -- Case studies
Biological weapons -- Government policy
National security.
Biological arms control
Biological weapons
Biological weapons -- Government policy
National security
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Lavoy, Peter
Martin, Susan
ISBN 9780804779814
0804779813