Biological warfare
Subtitle: opposing viewpoints
By: William Dudley, book editor.
Contributors: Dudley, William, 1964-
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Biological warfare; World politics -- 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Biological agents can be made into weapons of mass destruction -- Scott P. Layne and Michael H. Sommer; title: Biological agents should not be considered weapons of mass destruction -- Gregg Easterbrook; title: Biological weapons pose a serious danger to Americans -- Tara O'Toole and Donald A. Henderson; title: Americans should not be overly worried about biological weapons -- Henry I. Miller and Sherri Ferris; title: Anthrax is a serious threat -- Sallie Baliunas -- The; title: threat of anthrax has been exaggerated -- Steven Milloy; title: Foreign terrorist groups and rogue nations are a serious biological warfare threat -- Frank J. Cilluffo; title: Domestic terrorists constitute a potentially serious biological warfare threat -- Jessica Stern; title: Russian research programs are a potential wellspring of biological weapons proliferation -- Wendy Orent; title: American research programs are a potential wellspring of biological weapons proliferation -- Edward Hammond -- The; title: United States must spend more on high-tech defenses against biological warfare -- David Stipp; title: Spending more on high-tech defenses will not protect Americans against biological warfare -- Katherine Eban; title: Reforms of public health laws are necessary to combat bioterrorism -- Lawrence O. Gostin; title: Proposed law reforms to combat bioterrorism jeopardize civil liberties -- Twila Brase; title: All Americans should be vaccinated against smallpox -- Louis Warren; title: Not all Americans need to be vaccinated against smallpox -- Steven Black -- A; title: voluntary smallpox vaccination program is best -- Paul W. Ewald -- The; title: United States should accept the Biological Weapons Convention protocol -- Council for a Livable World -- The; title: United States should reject the Biological Weapons Convention protocol -- John R. Bolton; title: Nuclear deterrence can prevent biological warfare -- David G. Gompert; title: Nuclear deterrence should not be used to prevent biological warfare -- Thomas Graham Jr.; title: All known stocks of the smallpox virus should be destroyed -- Donald A. Henderson and Frank Fenner; title: Known stocks of the smallpox virus should be retained for research-- Joshua Micah Marshall.