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Synopsis
Especially since the anthrax attacks of 2001, the issue of bioterrorism has been controversial: Are governments underestimating the potential hazard of biological toxins, as some claim, or is the danger in fact exaggerated? What are the policy options for dealing with such a complex threat? The authors of this book offer a reasoned assessment of the issues at the core of the debates. Identifying a high level of uncertainty as a key characteristic of the bioterrorism threat, the authors examine the legacies of the secret state biowarfare programs of the previous century, analyze academic and political controversies about current dangers, and consider the impact of rapid scientific and technological change on the development of future threats. In the process, they provide new insight into the broader question of risk management and the role of public and private actors in international security relations.
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About the Author
Andreas Wenger is professor of international security policy and director of the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). Reto Wollenmann is policy adviser on arms control and disarmament in the Directorate for Security Policy of the Federal Department of Defense.
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Bioterrorism should appeal to a wide range of academics and practitioners around the world - and it should be required reading in the Executive and Legislative branches of the US government. - Dean A. Wilkening, Stanford University
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- PublisherLynne Rienner Pub
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1588265250
- ISBN 13 9781588265258
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages241
- EditorWenger Andreas, Wollenmann Reto
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