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Bioterrorism: The History of a Crisis in American Society

Author : David McBride

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 385 pages

File Size : 30,12 MB

Release : 2020-12-17

Category : History

ISBN : 1000289680

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Originally published in 2003 and now reissued with a new introduction, this collection provides an invaluable, academic resource on the challenges bioterrorism posed for American society and institutions. Critically selected essays from a wide range of disciplines document and analyze the problems and implications for political, economic, and legal institutions, as well as the challenges a weapon of disease and fear can impose on public health and public policy. By placing bioterrorism into its historical context, this collection also traces the academic research and historical decisions that have contributed to the formation of American policies attempting to cope with a potentially catastrophic attack on the population in general and urban population in particular.



Bioterrorism: The History of a Crisis in American Society

Author : David McBride

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 444 pages

File Size : 43,53 MB

Release : 2020-12-21

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ISBN : 9780367642310

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First published in 2003, this volume provides an invaluable, academic resource on the challenges bioterrorism posed for American society and institutions. Essays from a wide range of disciplines document and analyze the problems and implications for political, economic, and legal institutions. Now reissued with a new introduction.



Bioterrorism and Biocrimes

Author : W. Seth Carus

Publisher : The Minerva Group, Inc.

Page : 224 pages

File Size : 27,62 MB

Release : 2002

Category : History

ISBN : 9781410100238

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The working paper is divided into two main parts. The first part is a descriptive analysis of the illicit use of biological agents by criminals and terrorists. It draws on a series of case studies documented in the second part. The case studies describe every instance identifiable in open source materials in which a perpetrator used, acquired, or threatened to use a biological agent. While the inventory of cases is clearly incomplete, it provides an empirical basis for addressing a number of important questions relating to both biocrimes and bioterrorism. This material should enable policymakers concerned with bioterrorism to make more informed decisions. In the course of this project, the author has researched over 270 alleged cases involving biological agents. This includes all incidents found in open sources that allegedly occurred during the 20th Century. While the list is certainly not complete, it provides the most comprehensive existing unclassified coverage of instances of illicit use of biological agents.



In the Wake of Terror

Author : Jonathan D. Moreno

Publisher : MIT Press

Page : 268 pages

File Size : 34,74 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Bioethics

ISBN : 9780262633024

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Timely and provocative essays on bioethical questions brought to the forefront by the bioterrorist threat.



Bioterrorism

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Page : 371 pages

File Size : 25,72 MB

Release : 2002

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Bd. 1. Historie, våben og traktater.



Bioterrorism: The History of a Crisis in American Society

Author : David McBride

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 472 pages

File Size : 35,80 MB

Release : 2020-12-17

Category : History

ISBN : 1000289672

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Originally published in 2003 and now reissued with a new introduction, this collection provides an invaluable, academic resource on the challenges bioterrorism posed for American society and institutions. Critically selected essays from a wide range of disciplines document and analyze the problems and implications for political, economic, and legal institutions, as well as the challenges a weapon of disease and fear can impose on public health and public policy. By placing bioterrorism into its historical context, this collection also traces the academic research and historical decisions that have contributed to the formation of American policies attempting to cope with a potentially catastrophic attack on the population in general and urban population in particular.



Bioterrorism: The History of a Crisis in American Society

Author : David McBride

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 848 pages

File Size : 30,53 MB

Release : 2022-07-30

Category : History

ISBN : 1000806766

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Although at the start of the 21st century bioterrorism was newly feared by the public at large, it is one threat that institutions have attempted to anticipate for years. Originally published in 2003, and now with a new introduction, this unique 2-volume collection provides a multi-disciplinary resource on the challenges bioterrorism poses for American society and institutions, from both legal and political institutions, on one hand, to public health and medical institutions on the other. Volume one documents and analyses the challenge bioterrorism poses to these political, economic and legal institutions, putting bioterrorism into its historical context as a problem discussed and anticipated by government for decades. Volume two documents the challenges bioterrorism poses to public health and public policy as a weapon of disease and fear. The materials in these volumes provide case histories and discourse by specialists relating to the ways that the bioterrorism threat has been perceived and approached by US health and law institutions.



Who's in Charge?

Author : Laura H. Kahn

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 248 pages

File Size : 11,69 MB

Release : 2009-09-03

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0275994856

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This book explores the crucial relationships between political leaders, public health officials, journalists, and others to see why leadership confusion develops. It begins by looking at the overarching issues of leadership, public health administration, and the threats of bioterrorism. It then examines five recent emergencies--the 2001 anthrax attacks and 1993 cryptosporidium outbreak in the United States, the 2003 SARS outbreak in Toronto, the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease crisis, and the decade-long battle against Mad Cow Disease in the U.K.



Bio-Imperialism

Author : Gwen Shuni D'Arcangelis

Publisher : Rutgers University Press

Page : 117 pages

File Size : 17,79 MB

Release : 2020-12-18

Category : History

ISBN : 1978815166

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Bio-Imperialism focuses on an understudied dimension of the war on terror: the fight against bioterrorism. This component of the war enlisted the biosciences and public health fields to build up the U.S. biodefense industry and U.S. global disease control. The book argues that U.S. imperial ambitions drove these shifts in focus, aided by gendered and racialized discourses on terrorism, disease, and science. These narratives helped rationalize American research expansion into dangerous germs and bioweapons in the name of biodefense and bolstered the U.S. rationale for increased interference in the disease control decisions of Global South nations. Bio-Imperialism is a sobering look at how the war on terror impacted the world in ways that we are only just starting to grapple with.



Preparing for the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism

Author : Institute of Medicine

Publisher : National Academies Press

Page : 184 pages

File Size : 34,65 MB

Release : 2003-08-26

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 0309167922

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The Oklahoma City bombing, intentional crashing of airliners on September 11, 2001, and anthrax attacks in the fall of 2001 have made Americans acutely aware of the impacts of terrorism. These events and continued threats of terrorism have raised questions about the impact on the psychological health of the nation and how well the public health infrastructure is able to meet the psychological needs that will likely result. Preparing for the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism highlights some of the critical issues in responding to the psychological needs that result from terrorism and provides possible options for intervention. The committee offers an example for a public health strategy that may serve as a base from which plans to prevent and respond to the psychological consequences of a variety of terrorism events can be formulated. The report includes recommendations for the training and education of service providers, ensuring appropriate guidelines for the protection of service providers, and developing public health surveillance for preevent, event, and postevent factors related to psychological consequences.