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Preventing A Biological Arms Race (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,587
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Preventing A Biological Arms Race (Paperback): Susan Wright

Preventing A Biological Arms Race (Paperback)

Susan Wright

Series: Preventing A Biological Arms Race

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This source book presents the essential technical, political, legal, and historical background needed for informed judgments about the recent expansion of military interest in the life sciences - particularly in the weapons potential of the new biotechnology. Preventing a Biological Arms Race develops the case for strengthening national and international commitments to biological disarmament and proposes courses of action to achieve this goal."In theory," Susan Wright observes, "the menace of biological warfare should no longer be with us." Developing, producing, and stockpiling biological weapons are unconditionally banned by international treaty. East-West military rivalry and confrontations in the Middle East have eroded confidence in the treaty regime, however. The advent of genetic engineering and other new biotechnologies has revived military interest in biological weaponry, generating concern about the potential weapons applications of biological research.The 15 contributions by experts from a wide range of disciplines include a history of U.S. biological warfare policy, analyses of the ethical issues posed by defensive biological warfare research, case studies of alleged violations of the international legal regime prohibiting biological weapons, reviews of that regime, and proposals for strengthening the barriers to biological warfare. A series of 14 appendixes collect important data and documents related to biological weapons."Contributors: Barton J. Bernstein, Gordon Burck, Leonard A. Cole, Richard Falk, Jeanne Guillemin, John Isaacs, Stuart Ketcham, Jonathan King, Marc Lappe, Matthew Meselson, Richard Novick, Charles Piller, Julian Perry Robinson, Barbara Hatch Rosenberg, Seth Shulman, Nicholas A. Sims, Robert L. Sinsheimer, Harlee Strauss, Susan Wright, Keith R. Yamamoto."

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Imprint: MIT Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Preventing A Biological Arms Race
Release date: February 1991
First published: 1991
Editors: Susan Wright
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-73096-9
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Weapons & equipment > Chemical & biological weapons
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LSN: 0-262-73096-0
Barcode: 9780262730969

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