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_aLiving Weapons : _bBiological Warfare and International Security / _cGregory D. Koblentz. |
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_aIthaca, NY : _bCornell University Press, _c[2010] |
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_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tAcknowledgments -- _tAcronyms and Scientific Terms -- _tIntroduction: The Threat of Biological Weapons -- _t1. Offense, Defense, and Deterrence -- _t2. Verification -- _t3. Oversight -- _t4. Intelligence -- _t5. Biological Terrorism -- _tConclusion: Reducing the Danger Posed by Biological Weapons -- _tIndex |
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| 520 | _a"Biological weapons are widely feared, yet rarely used. Biological weapons were the first weapon prohibited by an international treaty, yet the proliferation of these weapons increased after they were banned in 1972. Biological weapons are frequently called 'the poor man's atomic bomb,' yet they cannot provide the same deterrent capability as nuclear weapons. One of my goals in this book is to explain the underlying principles of these apparent paradoxes."—from Living Weapons Biological weapons are the least well understood of the so-called weapons of mass destruction. Unlike nuclear and chemical weapons, biological weapons are composed of, or derived from, living organisms. In Living Weapons, Gregory D. Koblentz provides a comprehensive analysis of the unique challenges that biological weapons pose for international security. At a time when the United States enjoys overwhelming conventional military superiority, biological weapons have emerged as an attractive means for less powerful states and terrorist groups to wage asymmetric warfare.Koblentz also warns that advances in the life sciences have the potential to heighten the lethality and variety of biological weapons. The considerable overlap between the equipment, materials and knowledge required to develop biological weapons, conduct civilian biomedical research, and develop biological defenses creates a multiuse dilemma that limits the effectiveness of verification, hinders civilian oversight, and complicates threat assessments.Living Weapons draws on the American, Soviet, Russian, South African, and Iraqi biological weapons programs to enhance our understanding of the special challenges posed by these weapons for arms control, deterrence, civilian-military relations, and intelligence. Koblentz also examines the aspirations of terrorist groups to develop these weapons and the obstacles they have faced. Biological weapons, Koblentz argues, will continue to threaten international security until defenses against such weapons are improved, governments can reliably detect biological weapon activities, the proliferation of materials and expertise is limited, and international norms against the possession and use of biological weapons are strengthened. | ||
| 538 | _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. | ||
| 546 | _aIn English. | ||
| 588 | 0 | _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024) | |
| 650 | 4 | _aInternational Studies. | |
| 650 | 4 | _aPolitical Science & Political History. | |
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_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International). _2bisacsh |
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| 653 | _aBiological & Chemical Warfare. | ||
| 653 | _aarms control. | ||
| 653 | _abiological and chemical weapons. | ||
| 653 | _abiological terrorism. | ||
| 653 | _abiological warfare and international security. | ||
| 653 | _abiological warfare case studies. | ||
| 653 | _abiological warfare program. | ||
| 653 | _abiological warfare. | ||
| 653 | _abiological weapons capability. | ||
| 653 | _abiological weapons convention. | ||
| 653 | _abioregulators. | ||
| 653 | _abiosecurity. | ||
| 653 | _abiotechnology for warfare. | ||
| 653 | _abiotechnology. | ||
| 653 | _abioterrorism. | ||
| 653 | _achallenges of biological warfare. | ||
| 653 | _acurrent affairs. | ||
| 653 | _adangeres posed to biological weapons. | ||
| 653 | _adisarmament. | ||
| 653 | _adiversity of biological warfare agents. | ||
| 653 | _aexamples of biological warfare. | ||
| 653 | _ahistory of biological weapons. | ||
| 653 | _ainternational relations. | ||
| 653 | _ainternational security. | ||
| 653 | _amilitary policy. | ||
| 653 | _anonproliferation programs. | ||
| 653 | _apolicy for biological weapons. | ||
| 653 | _apotency of biological weapons. | ||
| 653 | _areducing the danger posed by biological weapons. | ||
| 653 | _asecurity affairs. | ||
| 653 | _asecurity implications of biological weapons. | ||
| 653 | _asecurity issues of the twenty-first century. | ||
| 653 | _astate-sponsored biological terrorism. | ||
| 653 | _athe threats of biological weapons. | ||
| 653 | _athreats posed by biologocal terrorism. | ||
| 653 | _awhat are the internationa. | ||
| 653 | _awhat is a biological weapon. | ||
| 653 | _awhat is biological warfare. | ||
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