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Author

Dando, Malcolm.

Title Preventing biological warfare : the failure of American leadership / Malcolm R. Dando.

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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave, 2002.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	341.735 D197p 2002	---	Available

Description	xiv, 231 p. ; 23 cm.
Series	Global issues series (Palgrave (Firm))
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-217) and index.
Contents	The problem of biological warfare -- The Chemical Weapons Convention and the worldwide chemical industry -- Developing the BTWC, 1975-1995 -- Genomics and the new biotechnology -- The negotiations of the BTWC protocol -- Compliance measures: declarations and visits -- The debate on visits -- The role of US industry -- The chairman's text -- The United States and the BTWC protocol -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 : The 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention -- Appendix 2 : Statement by the United States to the Ad Hoc Group.
Subject	Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (1972)
	Biological arms control.
	Bioterrorism -- Prevention.
ISBN	0333793099 (cloth)