Terrorism, war, or disease? : unraveling the use of biological weapons / / edited by Anne L. Clunan, Peter R. Lavoy, Susan B. Martin.

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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:xvii, 350 p. :; ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: identifying biological agents, characterizing events, attributing blame / Anne L. Clunan
  • Pt. 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. Pt. 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.