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.
Author(s): David McBride
Series: Bioterrorism: The History of a Crisis in American Society
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 847
City: London
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Volume 1
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Volume Introduction
Introduction to the 2020 Edition
Part A. Epidemics and Early Biological Warfare
Smallpox and the Indians in the American Colonies
Biological Warfare: A Historical Perspective
Preemptive Biopreparedness: Can We Learn Anything from History?
Implications of Pandemic Influenza for Bioterrorism Response
Part B. National Defense, Bioweapons, and International Agreements: World War One Through The Cold War
United States Use of Biological Warfare
The Birth of the U. S. Biological-Warfare Program
Medicine in Defense Against Biological Warfare
Gene Wars
The Second Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention: One Step Forward, Many More to Go
Part C. A New National Threat
The Specter of Biological Weapons
Confronting a Biological Armageddon: Experts Tackle Prospect of Bioterrorism
Bioterrorism in our Midst?
Chemical/Biological Terrorism: Coping with a New Threat
Stalking the Next Epidemic: ProMED Tracks Emerging Diseases
Anthrax as a Potential Biological Warfare Agent
Bioterrorism
Bioterrorism: Thinking the Unthinkable
Part D. Anti-Bioterrorism Laws and Policy
D. 1 Domestic Issues
The Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
Statement on Signing the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
Terrorism: The Problem and the Solution—The Comprehensive Prevention Act of 1995
Provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Bill
Biological Weapons and U.S. Law
Biological Terrorism: Legal Measures for Preventing Catastrophe
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency: A Note on the United States' Approach to the Threat of Chemical and Biological Warfare
Bioterrorism: Perfectly Legal
A Precarious 'Hot Zone:' The President's Plan to Control Bioterrorism
Summary of U.S.A. Patriot Act
U.S.A. Patriot Act Boosts Government Powers While Cutting Back on Traditional Checks and Balances
D. 2 Protecting the Public and Legal Order
U.S. Preparations for Biological Terrorism: Legal Limitations and the Need for Planning
The Malevolent Use of Microbes and the Rule of Law: Legal Challenges Presented by Bioterrorism
D. 3 International Issues
Clear and Present Danger: Enforcing the International Ban on Biological and Chemical Weapons Through Sanctions, Use of Force, and Criminalization
The Regime to Prevent Biological Weapons: Opportunities for a Safer, Healthier, More Prosperous World
Bioterrorism, Public Health, and International Law
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Volume 2
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Part A. Responding to Bioterrorism Attacks
A. 1. Public Health and Medical Preparedness
Emerging Illness and Bioterrorism: Implication for Public Health
Public-Health Preparedness for Biological Terrorism in the U.S.A.
A. 2. Federal Agencies and the CDC
Bioterrorism Alleging Use of Anthrax and Interim Guidelines for Management—United States, 1998
Smallpox Vaccination Policy—The Need for Dialogue
The Case for Voluntary Smallpox Vaccination
Bioterrorism Act: The Wrong Response
Bioterrorism: Interview with Anthony Lake, Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown University
Bioterrorism: Interview with Peter Lejuene: Senior Associate, Security Management International, Inc.
A. 3. State and Municipal Responses
Lessons from the West Nile Viral Encephalitis Outbreak in New York City, 1999: Implications for Bioterrorism Preparedness
Anthrax Threats: A Report of Two Incidents from Salt Lake City
Bioterrorism and the People: How to Vaccinate a City against Panic
The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act as of October 23, 2001
Bioterrorism, Public Health, and Civil Liberties
Wake Of September 11th Attacks: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice
Part B. Courts, Constitutional Guarantees, and the Accused
Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Nativism, Terrorism, and Human Rights—The Global Wrongs of Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
The Chemical Weapons Convention: Political and Constitutional Issues
Symbolism Under Siege: Japanese American Redress and the 'Racing' of Arab Americans as 'Terrorists'
Jihad and the Constitution: The First Amendment Implications of Combating Religiously Motivated Terrorism
Unequal Justice: Arabs in America and the United States Antiterrorism Legislation
Part C. Civic and Community Responses
Color Lines: National Security Concerns Must Not Trample Our Constitutional Rights
Bioterrorism and Health Care Disparities, Briefing Paper, March 8, 2002
The Slippery Slope of Racial Profiling: From War on Drugs to the War on Terrorism
America Under Attack: A Response from the AME Church
Hard Hit: New York Groups Fight Cutbacks to Their Communities
Live Now, Deliver Later
Part D. Critical Perspectives on Bioterrorism and the Future
Postmodern Terrorism
Mitigation of Bioterrorist Threats in the 21ST Century
Could September 11 Have Been Averted?
Rethinking Bioterrorism
September 11: Global Solidarity
Bioterrorism: Inteview with Joshua Lederberg, Professor Emeritus, Rockefeller University
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