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Wraps. Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. [6], iv, 31, [3] pages. Cover has some wear and soiling. Includes Acknowledgments, Abstract, and Introduction. Topics covered include The Virus; Possible Terrorists; Foot-and-Mouth Disease's Appeal as a Weapon of Choice; The U.S. As A Target; Today's Response; Work Remains in Countering Agroterrorist Threats; Conclusions; and Notes. Major Mike Peterson is a U.S. Air Force Aviator assigned to Headquarters Air Combat Command, Battle Management Operations Division, Langley AFB, VA. He graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree, and the Ohio State University in 1995 with a Master of Arts degree in Military History. He earned his navigator wings in 1988 and has had flying assignments in both U.S. and NATO E-3 AWACS squadrons. Major Peterson also served a tour at the U.S. Air Force Academy as an Assistant Professor and Course Director in the Military Arts and Sciences Department. He is a 2001 graduate of the Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL. Since the mass casualty terrorist attacks of Al Qaeda against the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, subsequent anthrax attacks, and with the gradual proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), the U.S. Government has been galvanized into action to provide greater homeland security against a terrorist WMD attack on a major U.S. city or other assets. Until just recently, however, the government ignored the threat of a possible terrorist attack on another key sector of the U.S economy, U.S. farms and feedlots. Agroterrorism," a concept foreign to the average citizen, is a serious threat that could cripple the agricultural industry, destroy consumer confidence, and cause billions of dollars of damage to the U.S. and world economy. While the U.S. has begun to acknowledge this growing agroterrorist threat, there is a great amount of defensive work to be done. In particular, there is one major threat that needs immediate attention, before it is too late - the defense against a possible foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) attack. Foot-and-mouth disease, one of the most contagious viruses known, might be the perfect weapon for an agroterrorism attack. To understand this problem, it is important to first examine the FMD virus in detail and to discuss the types of terrorists or states that might be interested in using foot-and-mouth disease against U.S. livestock. Also, in order to develop an effective response, we should understand the characteristics that make FMD an extremely important threat and why the U.S. is especially vulnerable. Finally, it is useful, indeed essential, to explore the response mechanisms in place today to handle a FMD outbreak and to make recommendations for future improvements. Such an analysis will make clear the need for immediate increased funding, and heightened awareness and participation at the federal, state, and local levels. Such measures are imperative if the United States plans to avoid a disaster similar to the one that devastated the United Kingdom countryside in 2001.

Wraps. Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. [4], iii. [1], 42, [2] pages. Figure. Notes. This is one of the Counterproliferation Papers, Future Warfare Series, No. 22. The Counterproliferation Papers Series was established by the USAF Counterproliferation Center to provide information and analysis to assist the understanding of the U.S. national security policy-makers and USAF officers to help them better prepare to counter the threat from weapons of mass destruction. The author is associated with The Society for Military History, part of Encyclopaedia Britannica's Publishing Partner Program. He is the former Director, U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. He has served as a Foreign Affairs Officer and Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, as a Congressional staffer on arms control and defense issues, and was a Senior Defense Analyst at the National Institute for Public Policy. He has taught at the Air War College. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University. Author of and contributor to numerous books, including Counterforce Targeting (2005), The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm (2004); The World's Most Threatening Terrorist Networks and Criminal Gangs (2009); and Battlefield of the Future: 21st Century Warfare Issues - Air Theory for the 21st Century (2012). Counterforce targeting is one of the important means of removing potential weapons of mass destruction (WMD) threats to the United States and its allies and is one of the multiple means available to thin out the weapons of mass destruction threat. To fully understand what progress the United States has made in counterforce capability, as well as the continuing shortfalls and the way ahead, one has to search for answers to a few key questions, namely: ? What would the ideal counterforce capability entail? ? How has weapons accuracy changed warfare? ? What are the implications of stealth technology for counterforce? ? How can the U.S. military neutralize deeply buried hardened facilities and what challenges do these present to U.S. forces? ? How can the U.S. military defeat the threat of adversary missiles fired from transporter-erector-launchers? How capable are we at present? What needs to be done to neutralize such future "Scud Hunt" threats? ? How can the U.S. military eliminate enemy WMD assets without major collateral damage? How far have we come in creating thermobaric and agent defeat weapons for this purpose? ? What strides has the United States taken in Science and Technology to improve U.S. counterforce weapons capability? ? What advantages do new U.S. counterforce targeting planning tools such as the Counterproliferation Analysis and Planning System (CAPS) provide to commanders? ? When should and should not the United States leadership elect to employ counterforce attacks in a preemptive or preventive war mode? ? Finally, what future steps in organizing, training and equipping U.S. forces needs to be taken to make U.S. counterforce capabilities adequate to the challenges of finding, fixing, and destroying adversary WMD and other military assets in a time of war?

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xi, [1], 113, [1] pages. Tables. Figures. Notes. Includes Disclaimer, Acknowledgments, Acronyms, Executive Summary, Contributors, and Workshop Attendees. Topics covered include Military's Role in Combating Agroterrorism: Introduction; Recent Disease Outbreaks and National Exercises; Department of Defense Response Planning; Military Manpower Assessment; Plant and Crop Response; Carcass Disposal; Summary, Shortfalls, and Recommendations; Contributors; and Workshop Attendees. Colonel Tat L. Pravecek was the Commander of the 5th Medical Group at Minot AFB, ND. The mission of the 5th Medical Group is to ensure nuclear surety and combat readiness through outstanding health care (nukes, boots and band-aids). She enables the Mighty Medics to deliver superior medical services for the 5th Bomb Wing, 91st Missile Wing and Minot's 12,500 beneficiaries. Colonel Pravecek was commissioned in May 1990 as a graduate from the United States Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. She has served as a research toxicologist, instructor of chemistry, health risk assessment consultant, bioenvironmental engineer, weapons of mass destruction analyst, Air Force Research Laboratory staff officer, Senior Service School Fellow at Argonne National Laboratory, Squadron Commander for the 5th Medical Support Squadron at Minot AFB and AFMC Command Bioenvironmental Engineer. The other editors were associated with Battelle. The U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center was directed by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to conduct a study to determine the Department of Defense's potential involvement in responding to an agroterrorist event. This resulting report details several possible roles for the DoD in a continental U.S. agroterrorist event. The findings will provide local, state, federal, and DoD policy makers with detailed information about current capabilities and future potential roles for the DoD in helping the nation prepare for, respond to, and recover a terrorist attack on U.S. agriculture. As part of its mission to defend the United States, the DoD, in conjunction with other state and federal agencies, must plan and prepare to deter, prevent, defeat, and mitigate threats against the agriculture and food system. There are many civilian agencies involved in the regulation and protection of agriculture, progressive disaster response to an agricultural event, DoD planning considerations, and impacts of an agricultural event on the Department of Defense. . This resulting report details several possible roles for the DoD in a continental U.S. agroterrorist event. To complete this report, the CPC identified subject matter experts in the following areas: (1) DoD response planning; (2) military manpower assessment; (3) plant and crop response; and (4) carcass disposal. These areas were chosen because each has a potential for DoD involvement. The findings will provide local, state, federal, and DoD policy makers detailed information about current capabilities and future potential roles for the DoD in helping the nation prepare for, respond to, and recover from a terrorist attack on U.S. agriculture.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. ISBN 1585660770. Trade Paperback. 1999 edition. Very Good Condition. Tight sound unmarked copy with minor rubs to edges and corners of covers.

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. v, [1], 325, [1] pages. Notes. Contributors. Barry R. Schneider is the former Director, U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Author of and contributor to numerous books, including Know Thy Enemy (2002), The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm (2004); The World's Most Threatening Terrorist Networks and Criminal Gangs (2009); and Battlefield of the Future: 21st Century Warfare Issues - Air Theory for the 21st Century (2012). Jerrold M. Post (February 8, 1934 ? November 22, 2020) was an American psychiatrist and author. He was an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.) and the founder of the Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior. Post created a number of "psychobiographies" on notable individuals during his tenure at the C.I.A. and is credited in some sources as inventing the field of political psychology. This diverse collection of articles includes discussions on strategic deterrence, the Muslim Brotherhood, Pakistan's leaders, North Korea's leadership, Iran's leadership, Iraq's past experience with Saddam Hussein, Syria's leadership, Libya's leadership, behavior models of adversaries, and the need for precise assessments of rivals.

Spiralbound. Presumed first edition/first printing. This event was sponsored by the USAF Counterproliferation Center and The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Air Force Research Institute (AFRI). The table of Contents provides the workshop agenda and speaker biographies, slide presentations, USAF Counterproliferation Center; DTRA information, AWC and AFRI information, CPC Ourtreach Journal and book orderform, agenda of subsequent conferences, and list of attendees and speakers with phone numbers and e-mail addresses. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soling. CD in pocket inside back cover.