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1 online resource (273 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Contents; Tables and Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Into the Abyss; Chapter One: The 21st-Century Environment; Chapter Two: Biotechnology and Biowarfare:Two Sides of the Same Coin?; Chapter Three: Homeland Security and Biodefense; Chapter Four: Examination of the Potential for a Bioterror Attack; Chapter Five: Conclusion; Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations; Appendix B: Dark Winter Exercise Findings; Appendix C: CDC Categories; Appendix D: Select Agents and Toxins; Appendix E: Selected U.S. Laws, Executive Orders andDirectives, and International Treaties. |
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Appendix F: Game Theory (Example)Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author. |
| Summary |
Daniel Gerstein draws on twenty-nine years of experience in the security and defense sectors to address the threat of bioterrorism. He argues that bioterrorism is a very real threat to humankind due to the 21st century's confluence of globalization, terrorism and biotechnology. Each of these three components of bioterrorism is experiencing unprecedented -- really exponential - growth and when examined collectively, these factors present a potentially serious challenge to both U.S. national security as well as to America's scientific, organizational and cultural systems. This change is arguably. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bioterrorism.
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Bioterrorism. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Gerstein, Daniel. Bioterror in the 21st Century : Emerging Threats in a New Global Environment. New York : Naval Institute Press, ©2010 9781591143123 |
| ISBN |
9781612510200 (electronic book) |
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1612510205 (electronic book) |
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