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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.

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Contributors:

Dudley, William, 1964-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)

Subjects:

Biological warfare

World politics — 21st century

2000-2099

World politics

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

218 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Call Numbers:

UG447.8 .B5653 2004

ISBNs:

0737716711 (lib. bdg, alk. paper)
073771672X (pbk., alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2003042400

OCLC Numbers:

51553292