Terrorism, war, or disease?: unraveling the use of biological weapons

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Contents 1. Introduction: Identifying Biological Agents, Characterizing Events, Attributing Blame 000 anne l. clunan Part 1: Case Studies 2. The U.S. Anthrax Letters: A Confirmed Case of BW Agent Use 000 leonard a. cole 3. The 1994 Plague In Western India: Human Ecology and the Risks of Misattribution 000 ron barrett 4. The Affair: Lessons From a Discredited Allegation 000 matthew s. meselson and julian perry robinson 5. Yellow Rain Biological Warfare Agent Use: Evidence and Remaining Questions 000 rebecca katz 6. False Allegations of U.S. Biological Weapons Use during the Korean War 000 milton leitenberg 7. Cuban Allegations of U.S. Biological Warfare: False Allegations and Their Impact on Attribution 000 raymond a. zilinskas 8. Imperial Japan's Germ Warfare: The Suppression of Evidence at the Tokyo War Crimes Trial, 1946-1948 000 jeanne guillemin 9. A Quantitative Overview of Biological Weapons: Identification, Characterization, and Attribution 000 gary ackerman and victor asal Part 2: Policy and Scholarly Implications 10. U.S. Efforts to Investigate and Attribute the Use of Biological Weapons 000 elisa d. harris 11. A UK View on Biological Weapons Attribution Policies: The Importance of Strengthening Norms Against Biological Weapons 000 graham s. pearson 12. Multilateral Approaches to the Investigation and Attribution of Biological Weapons Use 000 jonathan b. tucker 13. Building Information Networks for Bio-Security 000 anne l. clunan 14. Conclusion: The Role of Attribution in Bio-Security Policy 000 susan b. martin anne l. clunan Index 000