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UNINA9910953394903321 |
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Titolo |
Deadly cultures : biological weapons since 1945 / / Mark Wheelis, Lajos Rozsa, and Malcolm Dando, editors |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2006 |
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9780674268340 |
0674268342 |
9780674045132 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 479 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WheelisMark |
RozsaLajos <1961-> |
DandoMalcolm |
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Soggetti |
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Biological weapons - Testing |
Biological weapons - Research |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-461) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Historical context and overview / Mark Wheelis, Lajos Rozsa, and Malcolm Dando -- The US biological weapons program / John Ellis van Courtland Moon -- The UK biological weapons program / Brian Balmer -- The Canadian biological weapons program and the tripartite alliance / Donald Avery -- The French biological weapons program / Olivier Lepick -- The Soviet biological weapons program / John Hart -- Biological weapons in non-Soviet Warsaw pact countries / Lajos Rozsa and Kathryn Nixdorff -- The Iraqi biological weapons program / Graham S. Pearson -- The South African biological weapons program / Chandre Gould and Alastair Hay -- Anticrop biological weapons programs / Simon M. Whitby -- Antianimal biological weapons programs / Piers Millet -- Midspectrum incapacitant programs / Malcolm Dando and Martin Furmanski -- Allegations of biological weapons use / Martin Furmanski and Mark Wheelis -- Terrorist use of biological weapons / Mark Wheelis and Masaaki Sugishima -- The politics of biological disarmament / Marie Isabelle Chevrier -- Legal constraints on biological weapons / Nicholas A. Sims -- Analysis and |
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implications / Malcolm Dando ... [et al.]. |
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The threat of biological weapons has never attracted as much public attention as in the past five years. Yet there has been little historical analysis of such weapons over the past half-century. Deadly Cultures sets out to fill this gap by analyzing the historical developments since 1945 and addressing three central issues: why states have continued or begun programs for acquiring biological weapons, why states have terminated biological weapons programs, and how states have demonstrated that they have truly terminated their biological weapons programs. |
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UNINA9910299632303321 |
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Titolo |
Deep Space Commodities : Exploration, Production and Trading / / edited by Tom James |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
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[1st ed. 2018.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XI, 203 p. 8 illus.) |
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Financial services industry |
Financial Services |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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1. Deep Space Commodities and the New Space Economy -- 2. A New Space Race -- 3. Launching from Earth: The Science Behind Space Law and Technological Developments -- 4. Humans Versus Machine: Who Will Mine Space? -- 5. Scouting for Resources -- 6. Asteroid Mining Concepts -- 7. Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment Mission (AIDA): Space Mining Concepts -- 8. A Briefing on the Legal and Geopolitical Facets of Space Resources -- 9. The Problems with an International Legal Framework for Asteroid Mining -- 10. Potential Issues for Interplanetary and Interstellar Trade -- 11. Astropolitics and |
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International Relations -- 12. The Economic Viability of Mars Colonization. |
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Welcome to the new space economy... Space is open for business! The dawn of a new space race led by private sector entrepreneurs is upon us thanks to the USA Space Act 2015 and technology advances like SpaceX rockets, which have greatly reduced the cost of space flight. For the first time in history, the advances in both technical and legal infrastructure have opened up exciting opportunities that are already driving the commercial exploration of deep space commodities, Space tourism with Virgin Galactic, and the serious planning for the colonisation of our Moon and Mars. Tom James, a leading commodity and energy market practitioner and author, has brought together top professionals in academia, astropolitics, space engineering, and space law to explore the exciting opportunities and challenges businesses face in the new off-planet economy. With quadrillions of dollars of mineral wealth and frozen water within our reach, the stakes may be high, but so arethe rewards. So pack your bags, fasten your oxygen mask and let's get ready to boldly take business where business has not gone before... |
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