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 Lapp?,                  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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