American Biodefense : : How Dangerous Ideas about Biological Weapons Shape National Security / / Frank L. Smith.
Biological weapons have threatened U.S. national security since at least World War II. Historically, however, the U.S. military has neglected research, development, acquisition, and doctrine for biodefense. Following September 11 and the anthrax letters of 2001, the United States started spending bi...
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Smith, Frank L., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut American Biodefense : How Dangerous Ideas about Biological Weapons Shape National Security / Frank L. Smith. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource (204 p.) : 1 halftone, 1 table, 1 chart text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- American Biodefense, from Boston to Baghdad -- 1. Science and Technology for National Security -- 2. Stereotypical Neglect of Military Research, Development, and Acquisition for Biodefense -- 3. Fatal Assumptions -- 4. An Unlikely Sponsor? -- Biodefense and Beyond -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Biological weapons have threatened U.S. national security since at least World War II. Historically, however, the U.S. military has neglected research, development, acquisition, and doctrine for biodefense. Following September 11 and the anthrax letters of 2001, the United States started spending billions of dollars per year on medical countermeasures and biological detection systems. But most of this funding now comes from the Department of Health and Human Services rather than the Department of Defense. Why has the U.S. military neglected biodefense and allowed civilian organizations to take the lead in defending the country against biological attacks? In American Biodefense, Frank L. Smith III addresses this puzzling and largely untold story about science, technology, and national security.Smith argues that organizational frames and stereotypes have caused both military neglect and the rise of civilian biodefense. In the armed services, influential ideas about kinetic warfare have undermined defense against biological warfare. The influence of these ideas on science and technology challenges the conventional wisdom that national security policy is driven by threats or bureaucratic interests. Given the ideas at work inside the U.S. military, Smith explains how the lessons learned from biodefense can help solve other important problems that range from radiation weapons to cyber attacks. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024) Biological warfare United States Safety measures. Biosecurity United States. Civil defense United States. National security United States. Political Science & Political History. U.S. History. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International). bisacsh bioterrorism, biological warfare, weapons of mass destruction, kinetic warfare. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110606744 https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801455162 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801455162 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801455162/original |
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