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Ben Ouagrham-Gormley Sonia |
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Barriers to bioweapons : the challenges of expertise and organization for weapons development / / Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley |
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Ithaca, New York : , : Cornell University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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0-8014-7192-3 |
0-8014-7193-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (237 p.) |
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Cornell Studies in Security Affairs |
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Biological arms control - Former Soviet republics |
Biological arms control - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. The Bioproliferation Puzzle -- 2. The Acquisition and Use of Specialized Knowledge -- 3. Impediments and Facilitators of Bioweapons Development -- 4. The American Bioweapons Program: Struggling with a Split Personality Disorder -- 5. The Soviet Bioweapons Program: Failed Integration -- 6. Small Bioweapons Programs and the Constraints of Covertness -- 7. Preventing Bioweapons Developments: Policy Implications -- Appendix 1: American Bioweapons Program: Contractors -- Appendix 2: American Bioweapons Program: Approximate Bud get Figures -- Notes -- Index |
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In both the popular imagination and among lawmakers and national security experts, there exists the belief that with sufficient motivation and material resources, states or terrorist groups can produce bioweapons easily, cheaply, and successfully. In Barriers to Bioweapons, Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley challenges this perception by showing that bioweapons development is a difficult, protracted, and expensive endeavor, rarely achieving the expected results whatever the magnitude of investment. Her findings are based on extensive interviews she conducted with former U.S. and Soviet-era bioweapons scientists and |
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on careful analysis of archival data and other historical documents related to various state and terrorist bioweapons programs. Bioweapons development relies on living organisms that are sensitive to their environment and handling conditions, and therefore behave unpredictably. These features place a greater premium on specialized knowledge. Ben Ouagrham-Gormley posits that lack of access to such intellectual capital constitutes the greatest barrier to the making of bioweapons. She integrates theories drawn from economics, the sociology of science, organization, and management with her empirical research. The resulting theoretical framework rests on the idea that the pace and success of a bioweapons development program can be measured by its ability to ensure the creation and transfer of scientific and technical knowledge. The specific organizational, managerial, social, political, and economic conditions necessary for success are difficult to achieve, particularly in covert programs where the need to prevent detection imposes managerial and organizational conditions that conflict with knowledge production. |
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UNICASRML0313866 |
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Agassi, Joseph |
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Le radici metafisiche delle teorie scientifiche / Joseph Agassi ; edizione italiana a cura di Emanuele Riverso |
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Epistemologia contemporanea. - Roma : Borla |
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UNINA9910790020403321 |
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Autore |
Nye Valerie |
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True Stories of Censorship Battles in America's Libraries [[electronic resource]] |
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Chicago, IL, : ALA Editions, 2012 |
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1 online resource (202 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Intellectual freedom -- United States |
Librarians -- Professional ethics -- United States |
Libraries -- United States -- Case studies |
Libraries Censorship |
Libraries - Censorship - United States |
Intellectual freedom - Professional ethics - United States |
Librarians - United States |
Libraries - United States |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; PART I: Sometimes We're Our Own Worst Enemy; CHAPTER 1: Where There Once Was None; CHAPTER 2: Well-Intentioned Censorship Is Still Censorship; CHAPTER 3: If I Don't Buy It, They Won't Come; CHAPTER 4: Mixed-Up Ethics; PART II: How Dare You Recommend This Book to a Child; CHAPTER 5: Clue-less in Portland; CHAPTER 6: Vixens, Banditos, and Finding Common Ground; CHAPTER 7: Long Live the King (Novels)!; CHAPTER 8: Parent Concern about Classroom Usage Spills Over into School Library; CHAPTER 9: The Princess Librarian |
CHAPTER 10: The Complexity and Challenges of Censorship in Public Schools PART III: Not Only Boy Scouts Should Be Prepared; CHAPTER 11: I Owe It All to Madonna; CHAPTER 12: The Battle to Include; CHAPTER 13: Pornography and Erotica in the Academic Library; CHAPTER 14: Reasonable Accommodation; PART IV: When the Tribe Has Spoken; |
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CHAPTER 15: Cultural Sensitivity or Censorship?; CHAPTER 16: Developing the Public Library's Genealogy Euchee/Yuchi Collection; PART V: Conversation + Confrontation + Controversy = Combustion; CHAPTER 17: 32 Pages, 26 Sentences, 603 Words, and 500,000 Later |
CHAPTER 18: Respect of Fear CHAPTER 19: Sweet Movie; CHAPTER 20: Censorship Avoided; CHAPTER 21: I Read It in the Paper; CHAPTER 22: Uncle Bobby's Wedding; CHAPTER 23: A Community Divided; CHAPTER 24: The Author Visit That Should Have Been; CHAPTER 25: One of Those Not So Hideous Stories of a Book Challenge; PART VI: Crime and Punishment; CHAPTER 26: A Serial Killer Visits the Library; CHAPTER 27: Books, Bars, and Behavior; PART VII: Perhaps It Is Possible to Judge a Book by Its Cover; CHAPTER 28: The Ghost of Halloween Past; CHAPTER 29: The Neophyte in the New Age |
CHAPTER 30: Gay Books Display Brings Out High School Faculty Prejudice CHAPTER 31: Censorship Looms Over the Rainbow; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX |
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Those facing censorship challenges can find support and inspiration in this book, which compiles dozens of stories from library front lines. |
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