This book explores the origins, interpretations and meanings of the term 'biosecurity'. It brings together contributors on issues relating to the perceptions of the threat of biological weapons and how states are responding, or not, to the challenges posed by the potential of the products of the life sciences to be used for destructive purposes.

Biosecurity: Origins, Transformations and Practices (New Security Challenges)

History

Katsuhisa Furukawa

James Revill

Malcolm Dando

Koos van der Bruggen

David B. Sawaya

Benjamin Rusek

Flippa Lentzos

Jonathan B. Tucker

Military

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Smallpox, the only infectious disease to have been eradicated, was one of the most terrifying of human scourges. It covered the skin with hideous, painful boils, killed a third of its victims, & left the survivors disfigured for life. Here is the story of this deadly disease, the heroic efforts to eradicate it, & the looming dangers it still poses today. The smallpox virus afflicted rich & poor, royalty & commoners, & repeatedly altered the course of human history, as when the Spanish conquistadors brought it to the New World where it decimated the indigenous pop s. In 1796 Edward Jenner developed a vaccine against smallpox, which caused it to eventually disappear in industrialized countries. But lab. stocks of the virus still exist, & clandestine stocks pose a mil. threat.

Scourge: The Once And Future Threat of Smallpox

Medical Books

Medicine

Atlantic Monthly Press

[Library Edition Audiobook CD format in sturdy Vinyl case with cloth sleeves that keep compact discs protected.] [Read by Patrick Cullen] Smallpox, the only infectious disease to have been eradicated, was one of the most terrifying of human scourges. It covered the skin with hideous, painful boils, killed a third of its victims, and left the survivors disfigured for life. In this riveting, often terrifying look at the history of smallpox, Jonathan B. Tucker tells the story of this deadly disease, the heroic efforts to eradicate it worldwide, and the looming dangers it still poses today. Beginning in the sixteenth century, smallpox afflicted rich and poor alike, repeatedly altering the course of human history. No vaccine existed until 1796, and even then it remained a major cause of death in the developing world. Finally, in 1967, the World Health Organization launched an intensified global campaign to eradicate smallpox worldwide. But when it had succeeded, Soviet leaders cynically exploited the world's new vulnerability to smallpox by mass-producing the virus as a strategic weapon. In recent years, concern over the possible return of smallpox has taken an even greater urgency with the realization that clandestine stocks of the virus may still exist.

Scourge the Once and Future Threat of Smallpox (LIBRARY EDITION)

Blackstone Audio

Germany in Transition: A Unified Nation's Search for Identity discusses the unification of Germany, covering foreign and European affairs, economic and business issues, eastern Germany, and minority rights. Seldom has a country been confronted with such fundamental, wholesale changes to its political system and national identity as was Germany during its 1990 unification. Those changes have required the nation to undertake substantial reforms of its political and economic structures, as well as rethink its self-perception. Written by Americans with practical experience in Germany, the book contains unique insights into the range of issues being addressed in Germany today.Through the use of specific case studies, the challenges confronting Germany are dramatically illustrated. The myriad difficulties of maintaining the prosperity western Germans have come to expect, while responding to the demands of eastern Germans eager to share in the comfortable living standards of the west, have proved daunting at times. Chapters dealing with reform of the railway system and telecommunications markets, regional planning, and the ongoing debate over the competitiveness of the business and private sectors, all highlight different approaches to dealing with the complex issues faced by the country today. Two chapters dealing with minority rights demonstrate the equally perplexing societal problems facing the newly unified Germany.Germany's role in Europe and in the international community is addressed both in the discussion of the new German Question” and of European integration as it relates to environmental law. Concluding chapters by three prominent Germans  a diplomat, an editor, and a former member of Parliament  address the changes Germany faces in its role in the global community.

Germany in Transition: A Unified Nation's Search for Identity

Business & Money

Gale A. Mattox

Geoffrey D. Oliver

Economics

Westview Press

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