| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 350 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: identifying biological agents, characterizing events, attributing blame / Anne L. Clunan -- part 1. Case studies. The U.S. anthrax letters: a confirmed case of BW agent use / Leonard A. Cole -- The 1994 plague in western India: human ecology and the risks of misattribution / Ron Barrett -- The yellow rain affair: lessons from a discredited allegation / Matthew S. Meselson and Julian Perry Robinson -- "Yellow rain" biological warfare agent use: evidence and remaining questions / Rebecca Katz -- False allegations of U.S. biological weapons use during the Korean War / Milton Leitenberg -- Cuban allegations of U.S. biological warfare: false allegations and their impact on attribution / Raymond A. Zilinskas -- Imperial Japan's germ warfare: the suppression of evidence at the Tokyo War Crimes Trial, 1946-1948 / Jeanne Guillemin -- A quantitative overview of biological weapons: identification, characterization, and attribution / Gary Ackerman and Victor Asal. part 2. Policy and scholarly implications. U.S. efforts to investigate and attribute the use of biological weapons / Elisa D. Harris -- A UK view on biological weapons attribution policies: the importance of strengthening norms against biological weapons / Graham S. Pearson -- Multilateral approaches to the investigation and attribution of biological weapons use / Jonathan B. Tucker -- Building information networks for bio-security / Anne L. Clunan -- Conclusion: the role of attribution in bio-security policy / Susan B. Martin, Anne L. Clunan. |
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Biological weapons -- Case studies.
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Biological weapons -- Government policy.
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Biological arms control.
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National security.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Biological arms control. (OCoLC)fst00832191
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Biological weapons. (OCoLC)fst00832367
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Biological weapons -- Government policy.
(OCoLC)fst00832369
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National security. (OCoLC)fst01033711
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
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| Added Author |
Clunan, Anne L., 1968-
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Lavoy, Peter R. (Peter René), 1961-
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Martin, Susan B., 1965-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Terrorism, war, or disease? Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Security Studies, 2008 9780804759762 (DLC) 2008005321 (OCoLC)192134330 |
| ISBN |
9780804779814 (electronic bk.) |
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0804779813 (electronic bk.) |
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