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Zusatztext "Koplow's well-documented, readable book opens with a brief history of smallpox. . . .Thereafter, Koplow's description of viruses and basic scientific processes for working with their many varieties proves especially valuable to general readers, as does his examination of the uses, actual and potential, of smallpox in war and terrorism. . . .A valuable guide for post-9/11 discussions." Informationen zum Autor David Koplow is Professor of Law at Georgetown University. From 1997 to 1999 he served as Deputy General Counsel for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Defense! where he was the Pentagon's senior legal advisor on biological warfare issues! including smallpox. He has published extensively on arms control and national security matters! and is the author of By Fire and Ice: Dismantling Chemical Weapons While Preserving the Environment (1997) and Testing a Nuclear Test Ban (1996). Klappentext "David Koplow gathers, organizes, and lucidly presents the large body of material from a wide range of disciplines, which bears on the important public policy question whether or not to destroy existing stocks of variola. Engagingly written and accessible to a wide audience, this book will provide both policy makers and citizens with the basic information they need to reach informed and thoughtful judgments on this urgent issue."—John S. Applegate, author of The Regulation of Toxic Substances and Hazardous Wastes "David Koplow's book is an important work on a crucial subject. The author brings together an extraordinary amount of information on a vital policy issue. There is nothing available that treats the issue of smallpox with any comparable degree of completeness. Koplow marshals sources from myriad disciplines in a coherent, well-rounded discussion providing a service to the casual as well as the sophisticated reader. This book is a one-stop reference, containing virtually all the information an analyst needs to know."—Barry Kellman, Director of the International Weapons Control Center, DePaul University College of Law. Zusammenfassung This study looks at the history of the smallpox virus, with an informative overview of the political, biological, environmental, medical and legal issues surrounding the question of whether or not the virus should be exterminated. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Rise and Fall of Smallpox 2. The Biology of Viruses 3. Smallpox as a Biological Weapon 4. Environmental Law and Policy 5. The World Health Organization 6. The Morality of Extinction 7. The Case for Extermination 8. The Case against Extermination 9. Conclusions and Recommendations Notes Select Bibliography Index ...
