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OverviewThis book proposes fresh approaches and concrete proposals to overcome one of the most intractable security problems of the twenty-first century. Visit our website for sample chapters! Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan WrightPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Dimensions: Width: 14.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.60cm Weight: 0.585kg ISBN: 9780742524699ISBN 10: 0742524698 Pages: 448 Publication Date: 02 January 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsNever has there been a greater need for this book, which provides a comprehensive analysis of the BW problem and options for addressing it by noted experts from around the world. -- Michael Klare, director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies This extremely useful and authoritative volume provides a coherent account of the history of biological weapons programs and the attempts to control them. * Foreign Affairs * Wright argues, controversially, that powerful Western states, the U.S. in particular, are undermining the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)-not the weaker non-Western states as commonly believed. Highly recommended. * CHOICE * A timely and important volume that challenges the narrow, conventional understandings of the threat of biological warfare as emanating solely from 'rogue states' and terrorists. Particularly innovative are Wright's analyses drawing connections between the biotechnology industry, economic development in the Third World, and the prospects for implementing a regime prohibiting biological warfare. -- Matthew Evangelista, Cornell University, editor of Italy from Crisis to Crisis: Political Economy, Security, and Society in the 21st Century Never has there been a greater need for this book, which provides a comprehensive analysis of the BW problem and options for addressing it by noted experts from around the world. -- Michael Klare, director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies This extremely useful and authoritative volume provides a coherent account of the history of biological weapons programs and the attempts to control them. Foreign Affairs Wright argues, controversially, that powerful Western states, the U.S. in particular, are undermining the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)-not the weaker non-Western states as commonly believed. Highly recommended. CHOICE A timely and important volume that challenges the narrow, conventional understandings of the threat of biological warfare as emanating solely from 'rogue states' and terrorists. Particularly innovative are Wright's analyses drawing connections between the biotechnology industry, economic development in the Third World, and the prospects for implementing a regime prohibiting biological warfare. -- Matthew Evangelista, Cornell University Never has there been a greater need for this book, which provides a comprehensive analysis of the BW problem and options for addressing it by noted experts from around the world. Author InformationSusan Wright, a historian of science at the University of Michigan, is research scientist in the University's Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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