Biological Warfare
Cold War Biodefense, Pathogenic Threat Assessment, Civil Defense Planning, and Military Medical DoctrineBy U.S. Department of Defense
Length8h 57m
About this audiobook
Biological Warfare is an institutional study of the military, scientific, and strategic dimensions of biological weapons. It examines the nature of biological agents, their potential dissemination and effects, the challenges of detection and attribution, and the principles of protection, preparedness, and response. Its prose is technical, systematic, and deliberately impersonal, favoring precise classification and procedural explanation over dramatic narrative. In this respect, the work belongs to the tradition of military scientific manuals and governmental threat assessments, while also engaging questions of deterrence, international security, public health, and the ethical limits of modern warfare. The author, the U.S. Department of Defense, writes not as an individual observer but as a major institution charged with safeguarding national security and preparing military forces for complex hazards. The book reflects the convergence of disciplines that shaped late-modern defense planning: microbiology, epidemiology, intelligence analysis, logistics, emergency management, and strategic policy. Its emphasis on preparedness and coordinated response likely arises from the recognition that biological threats blur the boundaries between battlefield attack, terrorism, and civilian catastrophe, requiring both military readiness and cooperation with public-health authorities. Readers interested in military history, biodefense, security studies, or the relationship between science and state power will find this volume especially valuable. It is best approached as a serious reference work rather than a conventional narrative: its institutional perspective reveals how governments conceptualize biological danger and organize against it. The book is recommended for students, researchers, policymakers, and historically minded readers seeking a disciplined account of one of the most consequential and unsettling forms of modern warfare.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length8 hrs 57 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 14, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Vaccination a Delusion: Its Penal Enforcement a Crime (Annotated)
2INTRODUCTION
3HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AND CURRENT THREAT
4DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN NATURAL AND INTENTIONAL DISEASE OUTBREAKS
5TEN STEPS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL CASUALTIES ON THE BATTLEFIELD
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6Therapy
7Case Reporting and Epidemiological Assessment
8Prevention
9Protective Equipment
10First Aid
11Protective Measures and Handling of Casualties
12Patient Decontamination
13Infection Control
14Medical Evacuation
15Aeromedical Isolation Team
16BACTERIAL AGENTS
17ANTHRAX
18BRUCELLOSIS
19GLANDERS AND MELIOIDOSIS
20PLAGUE
21Q FEVER
22TULAREMIA
23VIRAL AGENTS
24SMALLPOX
25VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS (VEE)
26VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVER
27BIOLOGICAL TOXINS
28BOTULINUM
29RICIN
30STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN B
31T-2 MYCOTOXINS
32Emerging Threats and Future Biological Weapons
33DETECTION
34PERSONAL PROTECTION
35DECONTAMINATION
36Appendix A: Glossary of Medical Terms
37Appendix B: Patient Isolation Precautions
38Appendix C: BW Agent Characteristics
39ANTHRAX
40Brucellosis
41Glanders & Meliodosis
42Plague
43Q Fever
44Tularemia
45Botulinum Toxins
46Ricin Toxin
47Staphylococcus Enterotoxins
48Encephalitis Viruses
49Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses
50Smallpox
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