Hitting America's soft underbelly : the potential threat of deliberate biological attacks against the U.S. agricultural and food industry /

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Over the past decade, the United States has endeavored to increase its ability to detect, prevent, and respond to terrorist threats and incidents. The agriculture sector and the food industry in general, however, have received comparatively little attention with respect to protection against terrori...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chalk, Peter
Corporate Author: United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2004.
Subjects:
Agriculture > Defense measures > United States.
Civil defense > United States.
Food industry and trade > Defense measures > United States.
Bioterrorism > United States > Prevention.
Agriculture.
Civil defense.
Food industry and trade.
Bioterrorism > prevention & control
Agriculture
Civil Defense
Food Industry
Security Measures
Protection civile.
Aliments > Industrie et commerce.
farming (activity or system)
agriculture (discipline)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
Food industry and trade
Agriculture > Defense measures
Bioterrorism > Prevention
Civil defense
Food industry and trade > Defense measures
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Introduction
  • ch. 2. Vulnerability of U.S. agriculture to bio-attacks
  • ch. 3. Potential impact of a major act of agroterrorism
  • ch. 4. Policy recommendations.
  • Cover; Preface; Contents; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; CHAPTER TWO Vulnerability of U.S. Agriculture to Bio-Attacks; CHAPTER THREE Potential Impact of a Major Act of Agroterrorism; CHAPTER FOUR Policy Recommendations; Bibliography.

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