Bioterror and Biowarfare
A Beginner's Guide
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 2012
256 pages
978-1-78074-133-8 (ISBN)
Description
In an age where anthrax can be produced in a garage and multilateral agreements among nations seem ever harder to reach, the threat of biowarfare could rapidly spiral out of control. In this authoritative guide, international expert Malcolm Dando inspects the evidence rarely made available to the public, providing a comprehensive account of what biological weapons are and their prevalence throughout the world. From the history of biowarfare development programmes to the current state of weapons stockpiles, Dando takes care to include what he believes is necessary to reduce the availability and potency of biological agents in the future. Examining the backdrop of legislative wrangling and failed international agreements, this well-argued work interweaves politics and technology to reveal the reality behind this twenty-first century menace.
Reviews / Votes
"This comprehensive "beginner's guide" is exactly what has been missing up to now." Professor Kathryn Nixdorff, Chair of the INES Working Group on Biological and Toxin Weapons Control.More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
File size
1,62 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78074-133-8 (9781780741338)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
02/2006
Oneworld Publications
€32.37
Article not available at the moment
Person
Malcolm Dando is Professor of International Security at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford. He is an elected Fellow of the Institute of Biology and has worked with the British Medical Association, the Ministry of Defence and the United States National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Bioterror: threat and response
- Introduction
- An unprecedented world?
- International law
- Arms control and disarmament
- A different model
- Controlling biological weapons
- Outline of the book
- References
- Chapter 2 Biological warfare before 1945
- Introduction
- Microbiology in the late nineteenth century
- Biological warfare in the first world war
- Biological warfare between the wars
- Biological warfare in the second world war
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3 Biological warfare 1945-72
- Introduction
- The united states
- The united kingdom
- Canada
- France
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 4 Biological warfare 1972-2004
- Introduction
- Iraq
- South africa
- The soviet union
- Allegations
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5 Biological agents
- Introduction
- Anti-personnel BW agents
- Anti-agriculture biological warfare
- Agent production and dissemination
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6 The impact of the biotechnology revolution
- Introduction
- The BTWC review conferences
- More obvious official concerns
- New-century civil science
- Defence/offence interaction
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 7 Attack scenarios today
- Introduction
- Anti-personnel attacks
- Anti-agriculture attacks
- Current terrorism concerns
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 8 The web of prevention
- Introduction
- What do we want to stop?
- Intelligence
- Export controls
- Arms control
- Biodefence
- Maintaining the prohibition
- Building the regime
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 9 The failure of arms control
- Introduction
- The 1925 Geneva protocol
- The biological and toxin weapons convention
- Deficiencies of the convention
- Confidence-building measures
- VEREX
- Negotiations of the BTWC verification protocol
- The inter-review-conference process
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 10 Conclusion: the future?
- Introduction
- Strengthening the web of prevention
- A web of opportunities
- Grasping the opportunities
- References
- Appendix 1 Appeal on biotechnology, weapons and humanity
- Appendix 2 The biological and toxin weapons convention
- Index
