The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm

Book flyer
MS Word
International
MS Word

Jim A. Davis, ed., Barry R. Schneider, ed.

ISBN: 0-313-36168-1

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-36168-5

DOI:

272 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 10/30/2008

List Price: $25.00 (UK Sterling Price: £17.95)

Availability: Print on demand

Media Type: Paperback

Also Available: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

Subjects:

Reviews:

In this book, ten experts detail the threats posed by bio-weapons and assess the current state of US biological defenses. They highlight the future prospects for biological warfare, bio-weapons in the Middle East, potential agroterrorism, the emerging bio-cruise missile threat, prevalent myths and likely scenarios, and the public health response. With its insights into bioterrorism, this book will be useful reading for anyone interested in national security and public health, as well as students who want to know what forms biological warfare may take and what can be done to counteract it. Recommended. All levels.
—Choice 12/1/2004

Description: 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 wide spread panic and frequent evacuations across country in the fall of 2001. In this book ten experts discuss in detail the threats posed by bio-weapons and assess the current state of U.S. biological defenses.

Chapters highlight the future prospects for biological warfare, bio-weapons in the Middle East, potential agroterrorism, the emerging bio-cruise missile threat, prevalent myths and likely scenarios, as well as the public health response. The promise of future world peace after World War II was quickly shattered by the Cold War. Indeed, the nuclear age was born at a time when the world seemed to be emerging from a dark past into a hopeful future. Are we to repeat history? With the end of the Cold War, does the future hold even greater threats? Or is an old threat merely resurfacing with a new level of lethality? This book should be required reading for anyone interested in national security, as well as concerned citizens who wish to know what form this new enemy may take and what can be done to stop it.

Table of Contents:

Disclaimer
Acknowledgments
U.S. Bio-defense Readiness: Thoughts after September 11 by Barry R. Schneider
Agroterrorism and Foot-and-Mouth Disease: Is the United States Prepared? by Michael E. Peterson
Surveillance and Detection: A Public Health Response to Bioterrorism by Barbara F. Bullock
The Anthrax Terror: DOD's Number-One Biological Threat by Jim A. Davis and Anna Johnson-Winegar
Efficacy and Safety of the Anthrax Vaccine by Richard A. Hersack
Smallpox: A Primer by Brenda J. McEleney
The Prospects for Biological War in the Middle East by Brad Roberts
Assessment of the Emerging Biocruise Threat by Rex R. Ziziah
Next Generation Bioweapons: Genetic Engineering and BW by Michael J. Ainscough
A Biological Warfare Wake-Up Call: Prevalent Myths and Likely Scenerios by Jim A. Davis
Contributors

About the Author: Jim A. Davis, who holds a doctorate in Public Health and a degree in veterinary medicine, is Deputy Director at the USAF Counterproliferation Center.

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.

LCC Class: 363


All rights reserved. Copyright © 1999-2009 ABC-CLIO 130 Cremona Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93117, 805-968-1911