Isbn: 9780974740331 - the War Next Time: Countering Rogue States and Terrorists Armed with Chemical and Biological Weapons (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine.

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. vii, [1], 267, [1] pages. Cover has minor wear, scuffs and soiling. Includes Disclaimer, Acknowledgments, Preface, Tables, Figures, Notes, List of Contributors, and Index. Topics covered include Asymmetrical Rivals: The Enemy Next Time; The Long War of the 21st Century; The Secret Program: South Africa's Chemical and Biological Weapons; Not With Impunity: Assessing U.S. Policy for Retaliating to a Chemical or Biological Attack; Pointing the Finger: Unclassified Methods to Identify Covert Biological Warfare Programs; The Worldwide Biocruise Threat; Combat Effectiveness in MOPP 4: Lessons from the U.S. Army CANE Exercises; The Threat of Biological Weapons: Prophylaxis and Mitigation of Psychological and Social Consequences; The Economic Impact of a Bioterrorist Attack; and Needed Now: The 85 Percent solution to the CBW Threat. It is a central hypothesis of this book that the future conflicts of the United States are highly likely to be unconventional wars where the adversary uses unconventional means to try to level the playing field against the world's foremost military. Further, the editors and authors share the premise that this "war next time" very likely may take the form of biological and/or chemical warfare or terrorism. Therefore, that is the focus of this book. Barry R. Schneider is the former Director, U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Author of and contributor to numerous books, including The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm (2004); The World's Most Threatening Terrorist Networks and Criminal Gangs (2009); and Battlefield of the Future: 21st Century Warfare Issues - Air Theory for the 21st Century (2012). Second Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing thus.…