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OverviewThe use of biological warfare (BW) agents by states or terrorists is one of the world's most frightening security threats but, thus far, little attention has been devoted to understanding how to improve policies and procedures to identify and attribute BW events. Terrorism, War, or Disease? is the first book to examine the complex political, military, legal, and scientific challenges involved in determining when BW have been used and who has used them. Through detailed analysis of the most significant and controversial allegations of BW use from the Second World War to the present, internationally recognized experts assess past attempts at attribution of unusual biological events and draw lessons to improve our ability to counter these deadly silent killers. This volume presents the most comprehensive analysis of actual and alleged BW use, and provides an up-to-date evaluation of law enforcement, forensic epidemiology, and arms control measures available to policymakers to investigate and attribute suspected attacks. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anne Clunan , Peter R. Lavoy , Susan B. MartinPublisher: Stanford University Press Imprint: Stanford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.599kg ISBN: 9780804759762ISBN 10: 0804759766 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 30 May 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback 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 ContentsContents 1. Introduction: Identifying Biological Agents, Characterizing Events, Attributing Blame 000 anne l. clunan Part 1: Case Studies 2. The U.S. Anthrax Letters: A Confirmed Case of BW Agent Use 000 leonard a. cole 3. The 1994 Plague In Western India: Human Ecology and the Risks of Misattribution 000 ron barrett 4. The Yellow Rain Affair: Lessons From a Discredited Allegation 000 matthew s. meselson and julian perry robinson 5. ""Yellow Rain"" Biological Warfare Agent Use: Evidence and Remaining Questions 000 rebecca katz 6. False Allegations of U.S. Biological Weapons Use during the Korean War 000 milton leitenberg 7. Cuban Allegations of U.S. Biological Warfare: False Allegations and Their Impact on Attribution 000 raymond a. zilinskas 8. Imperial Japan's Germ Warfare: The Suppression of Evidence at the Tokyo War Crimes Trial, 1946-1948 000 jeanne guillemin 9. A Quantitative Overview of Biological Weapons: Identification, Characterization, and Attribution 000 gary ackerman and victor asal Part 2: Policy and Scholarly Implications 10. U.S. Efforts to Investigate and Attribute the Use of Biological Weapons 000 elisa d. harris 11. A UK View on Biological Weapons Attribution Policies: The Importance of Strengthening Norms Against Biological Weapons 000 graham s. pearson 12. Multilateral Approaches to the Investigation and Attribution of Biological Weapons Use 000 jonathan b. tucker 13. Building Information Networks for Bio-Security 000 anne l. clunan 14. Conclusion: The Role of Attribution in Bio-Security Policy 000 susan b. martin anne l. clunan Index 000ReviewsThis book provides a much-needed, detailed and authoritative examination of the issues that have to be addressed in the accurate attribution of the causes of unusual outbreaks of disease and allegations of the use ofbiological weapons. - Hans Blix, Executive Chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission Author InformationAnne L. Clunan is Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School. Peter R. Lavoy is National Intelligence Officer for South Asia at the National Intelligence Council. Susan B. Martin is Lecturer at the Department of War Studies and the Centre for Science and Security Studies at King's College London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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