Biological warfare, opposing viewpoints, William Dudley, book editor
Type
Label
Biological warfare, opposing viewpoints, William Dudley, book editor
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Biological warfare
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
William Dudley, book editor
Series statement
Opposing viewpoints series
Sub title
opposing viewpoints
Table Of Contents
Biological agents can be made into weapons of mass destruction / Scott P. Layne and Michael H. Sommer -- Biological agents should not be considered weapons of mass destruction / Gregg Easterbrook -- Biological weapons pose a serious danger to Americans / Tara O'Toole and Donald A. Henderson -- Americans should not be overly worried about biological weapons / Henry I. Miller and Sherri Ferris -- Anthrax is a serious threat / Sallie Baliunas -- The threat of anthrax has been exaggerated / Steven Milloy -- Foreign terrorist groups and rogue nations are a serious biological warfare threat / Frank J. Cilluffo -- Domestic terrorists constitute a potentially serious biological warfare threat / Jessica Stern -- Russian research programs are a potential wellspring of biological weapons proliferation / Wendy Orent -- American research programs are a potential wellspring of biological weapons proliferation / Edward Hammond -- The United States must spend more on high-tech defenses against biological warfare / David Stipp -- Spending more on high-tech defenses will not protect Americans against biological warfare / Katherine Eban -- Reforms of public health laws are necessary to combat bioterrorism / Lawrence O. Gostin -- Proposed law reforms to combat bioterrorism jeopardize civil liberties / Twila Brase -- All Americans should be vaccinated against smallpox / Louis Warren -- Not all Americans need to be vaccinated against smallpox / Steven Black -- A voluntary smallpox vaccination program is best / Paul W. Ewald -- The United States should accept the Biological Weapons Convention protocol / Council for a Livable World -- The United States should reject the Biological Weapons Convention protocol / John R. Bolton -- Nuclear deterrence can prevent biological warfare / David G. Gompert -- Nuclear deterrence should not be used to prevent biological warfare / Thomas Graham Jr. -- All known stocks of the smallpox virus should be destroyed / Donald A. Henderson and Frank Fenner -- Known stocks of the smallpox virus should be retained for research / Joshua Micah Marshall