Countering Biological Threats: Challenges for the Department of Defense's Nonproliferation Program Beyond the Former Soviet Union

by National Research Council, Office for Central Europe and Asia, Committee on Prevention of Proliferation, et al.

In response to a request from the U.S. Congress, this book examines how the unique experience and extensive capabilities of the Department of Defense (DOD) can be extended to reduce the threat of bioterrorism within developing countries outside the former Soviet Union (FSU). During the past 12 years, DOD has invested $800 million in reducing the risk from bioterrorism with roots in the states of the FSU. The program's accomplishments are many fold...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309131766
• ISBN13: 9780309131766
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"