The new terror : facing the threat of biological and chemical weapons / edited by Sidney D. Drell, Abraham D. Sofaer, and George D. Wilson.

Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, [1999], ©1999.

xxx, 512 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Based on papers presented at a conference held Nov. 16-18, 1998 at the Hoover Institution.

The chemical weapons threat / Michael L. Moody -- Living nightmares: biological threats enabled by molecular biology / Steven M. Block -- BCW attack scenarios / Dean A. Wilkening -- The US intelligence community and the challenge of BCW / John C. Gannon -- Warning and detection / Gordon C. Oehler -- From arms race to abolition: the evolving norm against biological and chemical warfare / Jonathan B. Tucker -- Negotiating a compliance protocol for the biological weapons convention / Tibor Tóth -- UN biological inspections in Iraq / Rolf Ekéus -- BCW treaties and the Constitution / John C. Yoo -- Legal authority for a domestic military role in homeland defense / Lewis Libby -- Two incidents and the NEW containment / Richard J. Danzig -- The federal role in protection and response / Robert F. Knouss -- Toward a national defense strategy / Ariel E. Levite -- The first-responder's perspective / Frances E. Winslow -- Strategies for enhanced deterrence / Richard N. Haass -- Why the US should not use nuclear threats / Scott D. Sagan -- Enforcement through sanctions, force and criminalization / Michael P. Scharf.

Includes bibliographical references and index.