The war next time : countering rogue states and terrorists armed with chemical and biological weapons / Barry R. Schneider, Jim A. Davis, editors. Editors.

Format:

• Book
• Government document

Contributor:

• Schneider, Barry R.
• Davis, Jim A.
• USAF Counterproliferation Center

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Biological warfare--United States--Prevention.
• Bioterrorism--United States--Prevention.
• Chemical warfare--United States--Prevention.
• Chemical terrorism--United States--Prevention.
• World politics--21st century.
• Bioterrorism--Prevention.
• World politics.
• United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 267 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

Countering rogue states and terrorists armed with chemical and biological weapons

Place of Publication:

Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : USAF Counterproliferation Center, [2004]

Summary:

This volume, The War Next Time, was begun before the initiation of "the war last time," namely Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Most of the book has been updated to reflect that OIF experience. However, some of the chapters were reprints of journal articles or published speeches that took place prior to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Therefore, this is something the reader should keep in mind, especially when reading chapters 2, 8, and 9. It is a central hypothesis of this book that the future conflicts of the United States are highly likely to be unconventional wars where the adversary uses unconventional means to try to level the playing field against the world's foremost military power. Further, the editors and authors share the premise that this "war next time" very likely may take the form of biological and/or chemical warfare or terrorism. Therefore, that is the focus of this book. As we say at the USAF Counterproliferation Center, "We cannot afford to be the unready confronting the unthinkable." To this end, this volume is aimed at educating the future U.S. policy-makers, airmen, soldiers, sailors, and marines who will be called upon to deal with the menace of adversaries armed with chemical and biological capabilities

Contents:

• Asymmetrical rivals: the enemy next time / Barry R. Schneider
• The long war of the 21st century / R. James Woolsey
• The secret program: South Africa's chemical and biological weapons / Stephen Burgess and Helen Purkitt
• Not with impunity: assessing U.S. policy for retaliating to a chemical or biological attack / Harry Conley
• Pointing the finger: unclassified methods to identify covert biological warfare programs / Dorothy L. DuBois
• The worldwide biocruise threat / Michael E. Dickey
• Combat effectiveness in MOPP 4: lessons from the U.S. Army CANE exercises / Barry R. Schneider
• The threat of biological weapons: prophylaxis and mitigation of psychological and social consequences / Harry C. Holloway [and others]
• The economic impact of a bioterrorist attack / Arnold F. Kaufmann, Martin I. Meltzer, George P. Schmid
• Needed now: the "85% quick fix" in bio-defense / Jim A. Davis and Bruce W. Bennett.

Notes:

• Title from title screen (viewed January 13, 2005).
• "April 2004."
• Includes bibliographical references.
• Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
• Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: War next time.

OCLC:

57418338

Access Restriction:

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