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Biological Threats In The 21st Century: The Politics, People, Science And Historical Roots
The Politics, People, Science and Historical Roots
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Biological Threats In The 21st Century: The Politics, People, Science And Historical Roots
The Politics, People, Science and Historical Roots
About this book
Biological Threats in the 21st Century offers a fresh understanding of contemporary biological threats to national security. Readers are introduced to the politics, people, science and historical roots of contemporary biological threats through up-to-date, rigorous and accessible chapters written by leading academics and supplemented by expert point-of-view contributions and interviews.
The book provides inspiration and resources for students and researchers, as well as policy makers in government, the public policy sector and the wider community. It is particularly pertinent for those interested in biological disarmament, non-proliferation, counterterrorism and health security.
Contents:
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- Edited by's Introduction: The Politics, People, Science and Historical Roots (Filippa Lentzos)
- Crossing the Normative Barrier: Japan's Biological Warfare in China in World War II (Jeanne Guillemin)
- Past Proliferators:
- The British, United States and Canadian Biological Warfare Programs (Brian Balmer & John Ellis van Courtland Moon)
- Point of View: Open-Air Biowarfare Testing: American and British Experiences (Leonard A Cole)
- The Soviet Biological Warfare Program (Jens H Kuhn & Milton Leitenberg)
- Point of View: Life Inside the Soviet Bioweapons Program (Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley)
- The Iraqi Biological Warfare Program (Tim Trevan)
- Point of View: Hunting Saddam's Biological Weapons: A First-Hand Account (Gabriele Kraatz-Wadsack)
- The South African Biological Warfare Program (Alastair Hay)
- Point of View: Open Secrets: 'Truth Telling' and Transitional Justice in Revealing Biowarfare Programs (Chandré Gould)
- Bioweapons in Today's Context:
- RISE, the Rajneeshees, Aum Shinrikyo and Bruce Ivins (W Seth Carus)
- Point of View: Inside the Mind of a Bioterrorist (Toby Ewin)
- Aftershocks of the 2001 Anthrax Attacks (Kathleen M Vogel)
- Point of View: The Threat of Misuse (Gigi Kwik Gronvall)
- Searching for Cures or Creating Pandemics in the Lab? (Nancy D Connell & Brian Rappert)
- Point of View: Dangerous Life Sciences Research (David R Franz)
- Ebola: From Public Health Crisis to National Security Threat (Nicholas G Evans)
- Point of View: Building a Sustainable Biodefense Industry (Jacob Thorup Cohn)
- Quandaries in Contemporary Biodefense Research (Gregory D Koblentz)
- Disarmament and Non-Proliferation:
- The Traditional Tools of Biological Arms Control and Disarmament (Marie Isabelle Chevrier & Alex Spelling)
- Witness Seminar: Origins of the Biological Weapons Convention (Jeanne Guillemin, Matthew Meselson, Julian Perry Robinson & Nicholas Sims)
- Interview: Unconventional Weapons and Activist Scientists (Steven Rose & Filippa Lentzos)
- Point of View: Responsible Science: Strategies for Engaging Key Stakeholders (Jo L Husbands)
- Interview: International Security and Counter-Terrorism (Trevor Smith & Filippa Lentzos)
- Point of View: The Front Lines of Biological Weapons Non-Proliferation (Melissa Finley & Jennifer Gaudioso)
- Roundtable: The Future of Biothreat Governance (Iris Hunger, Jez Littlewood, Caitriona McLeish, Piers Millett & Ralf Trapp)
Readership: Students and researchers, as well as policy makers in government, the public policy sector and the wider community. It is particularly pertinent for those interested in biological disarmament, non-proliferation, counterterrorism and health security.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- About the Authors
- List of Common Abbreviations
- Photograph Sources and Descriptions
- Chapter 1: Editor’s Introduction: The Politics, People, Science and Historical Roots
- Chapter 2: Crossing the Normative Barrier: Japan’s Biological Warfare in China in World War II
- Section I: Past Proliferators
- Section II: Bioweapons in Today’s Context
- Section III: Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
- Index