BARRIERS TO BIOWEAPONS: THE CHALLENGES OF EXPERTISE AND ORGANIZATION FOR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT
Book ID/图书代码： 03360013B66131
English Summary/英文概要： There is deep-rooted belief that bioweapons expertise transfers easily via written documents, and bioweapons can be produced simply and cheaply. With long-term research on the Soviet and U.S. bioweapons programs and evidence from other scientifically sophisticated WMD programs, Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley reveals just how unjustified this belief is.
Biological agents in a laboratory setting are extremely sensitive, and scaling up from laboratory experiments to full-blown production of weaponized biological agents involves huge problems. Even with massive funding, the U.S. and Soviet programs found it every difficult to build reliable bioweapons.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 人们总有一种十分根深蒂固的认知：生化武器专家们总是能够通过撰写文档程序而轻易的变形，而生化武器则是能够以简单的方式和廉价的价格进行批量生产。索尼娅•本•长期以来一直从事对苏维埃政府既美国的生化武器项目以及其他复杂的科学项目相关证据的调查研究，并为我们揭露了我们的这一种想法是多么的不正确。
在一座实验室的设立里，生化机构是极其敏感的，并且将实验室的实验内容升级为研制武器的生化机构的大规模批量设立更是涉及到更为巨大的问题。即便是拥有大量资金注入的美国和苏联项目也发现制造可靠的生化武器是极其困难的。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：PRESS REVIEWS
"In Barriers to Bioweapons, Ben Ouagrham-Gormley similarly and persuasively argues that the challenges to producing biological weapons—whether by state or non-state actors—are considerable… The book is an attempt to demonstrate in a rigorous manner that there are significant barriers to producing bioweapons. Given the recent controversy over the publication of several papers on H5N1 influenza research, this is a timely and welcome book that challenges prevailing notions about the ease of bioweapons development. Summing Up: Highly recommended."——J. Fields, Choice (October 2015)
"Barriers to Bioweapons provides a clear and insightful examination of what is a highly technical and complex subject matter…the book provides a useful template for analyzing and explaining the relative successes or failures of a number of potential large-scale scientific endeavors beyond the realm of Weapons of Mass Destruction. It is a must-read for nonproliferation experts and should be a standard text for understanding biological weapons development for some time to come." ——David W. Kearn, Perspectives on Politics (September 2015)
EXPERTS
"Barriers to Bioweapons is a valuable contribution to the literature on bioweapons and security. Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley provides an exceptionally clear analysis of the many elements necessary for success in developing a capability to produce bioweapons and illustrates them with a number of historical case studies. The policy implications of her analysis stretch beyond bioweapons to other security issues where the transfer of knowledge is seen to pose a threat to U.S. security. This volume has much to offer scholars and policy makers alike."——Judith V. Reppy, Cornell University, coeditor of Getting to Zero
About the Author/作者介绍： 索尼娅•本是乔治•梅森大学一名公共与国际关系专业的副教授。她曾担任米拉中心驻哈萨克斯坦非提升性研究机构前主席，同时也是国际出口控制观察的创始编辑。作者曾于“International Security ”以及“ Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists”该类期刊杂志上发表文章。
SONIA BEN OUAGRHAM-GORMLEY is Assistant Professor of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University. Formerly director of the MILA Center for Nonproliferation Studies office in Kazakhstan, she was the founding editor of the International Export Control Observer. She has published in journals such as International Security and Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
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