Terrorism, war, or disease?
Subtitle: unraveling the use of biological weapons
By: edited by Anne L. Clunan, Peter R. Lavoy, Susan B. Martin.
Contributors: Clunan, Anne L., 1968-; Lavoy, Peter R. 1961-; Martin, Susan B., 1965-
Publisher: Stanford University Press; Stanford Security Studies
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780804759762; 9780804759779
Subjects: Biological weapons -- Case studies; Biological weapons -- Government policy; Biological arms control; National security
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: identifying biological agents, characterizing events, attributing blame / Anne L. Clunan; title: Pt. 1. Case studies. The U.S. anthrax letters: a confirmed case of BW agent use / Leonard A. Cole; title: The 1994 plague in western India: human ecology and the risks of misattribution / Ron Barrett; title: The yellow rain affair: lessons from a discredited allegation / Matthew S. Meselson and Julian Perry Robinson; title: "Yellow rain" biological warfare agent use: evidence and remaining questions / Rebecca Katz; title: False allegations of U.S. biological weapons use during the Korean War / Milton Leitenberg; title: Cuban allegations of U.S. biological warfare: false allegations and their impact on attribution / Raymond A. Zilinskas; title: Imperial Japan's germ warfare: the suppression of evidence at the Tokyo War Crimes Trial, 1946-1948 / Jeanne Guillemin; title: 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; title: A UK view on biological weapons attribution policies: the importance of strengthening norms against biological weapons / Graham S. Pearson; title: Multilateral approaches to the investigation and attribution of biological weapons use / Jonathan B. Tucker; title: Building information networks for bio-security / Anne L. Clunan; title: Conclusion: the role of attribution in bio-security policy / Susan B. Martin, Anne L. Clunan.