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

Contributor(s): Clunan, Anne L, 1968- | Lavoy, Peter R. (Peter Rene), 1961- | Martin, Susan B, 1965- | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2008Description: xvii, 350 p. : ill.Subject(s): Biological weapons -- Case studies | Biological weapons -- Government policy | Biological arms control | National securityGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 358/.3882 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.