num_pages: 426
description: This volume is the Fourth in the Second Series of Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control. It evaluates the current preparedness of the U.S. to respond to a biological terrorist attack. Military and civilian experts collaborate in this extraordinary analysis of the threat posed to the U.S. by easily obtainable biological weapons, and the growth of nihilistic terrorist groups who are more concerned with high fatality than sympathy for their cause. The work examines the current efforts of the Department of Defense and its many subordinate agencies to determine the existence of these weapons and groups, immediately detect the use of such weapons, and develop strategies and specialized response teams for the handling of such emergencies.
title: Countering Biological Terrorism in the U.S.
titlecomplete: Countering Biological Terrorism in the U.S.
publisher: Oceana TM