04329nam 22009015 450 991015623510332120231114181337.00-520-96614-710.1525/9780520966147(CKB)3710000000985101(MiAaPQ)EBC4453294(StDuBDS)EDZ0001724300(OCoLC)957414524(MdBmJHUP)muse53106(DE-B1597)519581(DE-B1597)9780520966147(EXLCZ)99371000000098510120190920d2017 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierGerm Wars The Politics of Microbes and America's Landscape of Fear /Melanie ArmstrongBerkeley, CA :University of California Press,[2017]©20171 online resource (301 pages)Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics ;2Previously issued in print: 2017.0-520-29277-4 0-520-29276-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Introduction. Political Ecologies of Bioterror --1. "Smallpox Is Dead". The Public Health Campaign to (Almost) Eradicate a Species --2. Microbes for War and Peace On the Military Origins of Containment --3. The Wild Microbiological West Fighting Ticks and Weighing Risks --4. Agents of Care. Bioterrorism Preparedness at the CDC --5. Simulation Science. Securing the Future --6. Bioterror Borderlands. Of Nature and Nation --Conclusion. "Freaked Out Yet?" --Acknowledgments --Notes --Selected Bibliography --IndexThe United States government has spent billions of dollars to prepare the nation for bioterrorism despite the extremely rare occurrence of biological attacks in modern American history. Germ Wars argues that bioterrorism has emerged as a prominent fear in the modern age, arising with the production of new forms of microbial nature and the changing practices of warfare. In the last century, revolutions in biological science have made visible a vast microscopic world, and in this same era we have watched the rise of a global war on terror. Germ Wars demonstrates that these movements did not occur separately but are instead deeply entwined-new scientific knowledge of microbes makes possible new mechanisms of war. Whether to eliminate disease or create weapons, the work to harness and control germs and the history of these endeavors provide an important opportunity for investigating how biological natures shape modern life. Germ Wars aims to convince students and scholars as well as policymakers and activists that the ways in which bioterrorism has been produced have consequences for how people live in this world of unspecifiable risks.Critical environments. Nature, science, and politics.BiopoliticsBioterrorismUnited StatesPsychological aspectsBioterrorismUnited StatesPreventionactivism.activist.america.american government.american history.american.biological science.biological weapon.biologist.biology.bioterrorism.biowarfare.contemporary.dangerous.disease.germ warfare.government spending.government.microbes.modern world.policymaker.politics.revolution.scientific.united states government.united states history.us government.us history.warfare.Biopolitics.BioterrorismPsychological aspects.BioterrorismPrevention.363.325/35610973Armstrong Melanie1977-1433818DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910156235103321Germ Wars3584238UNINA