Barriers to bioweapons the challenges of expertise and organization for weapons development / Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley.
| Author/creator | Ben Ouagrham-Gormley, Sonia |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014. |
| Description | xiii, 220 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cornell studies in security affairs |
| Contents | The bio-proliferation puzzle -- The acquisition and use of specialized knowledge -- Impediments and facilitators of bioweapons developments: organization -- Management and exogenous factors -- The American bioweapons program: scientific progress, operational failure -- The Soviet bioweapons program: failed integration -- Small bioweapons programs and the constraints of covertness -- Preventing bioweapons developments: policy implications -- American bioweapons program: contractors -- American bioweapons program: approximate budget figures. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014006190 |
| ISBN | 9780801452888 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0801452880 (cloth : alk. paper) |