A retired U.S. Army colonel and leading infectious disease physician provides an insider’s perspective and an expert’s insight on the ever-evolving threat of biological pathogens harnessed as a weapon against humankind.
A retired U.S. Army colonel and leading infectious disease physician provides an insider’s perspective and an expert’s insight on the ever-evolving threat of biological pathogens harnessed as a weapon against humankind.
Mark G. Kortepeter is a professor in the Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and a retired army colonel with more than twenty-five years of service. He is an expert in germ warfare defense and has held multiple leadership roles at the nation’s largest containment laboratory dedicated to biological warfare defense, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID).
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List of Illustrations Preface Prologue: Exposure 1. Beginnings 2. Germs as Weapons 3. The Six “Chessmen of Doom” 4. Hoofbeats 5. The Queen Strikes 6. The Nation’s Bio-Emergency Hotline 7. The Pawn Comes Calling 8. Bioweapons 101 9. Preparing for Biological Warfare 10. Disaster from Within 11. Bow to King Smallpox 12. On the Front Lines 13. Desert Pneumonia 14. The 4M Disaster 15. Countermeasures 16. The Slammer 17. On the Hot Side 18. Descent into Hell 19. Suspicion 20. The Aftermath 21. Down for the Count 22. Behind the Scenes of Pandemic Response 23. Looking Forward—the Challenges Continue Afterword Acknowledgments Glossary Notes Index
List of Illustrations Preface Prologue: Exposure 1. Beginnings 2. Germs as Weapons 3. The Six “Chessmen of Doom” 4. Hoofbeats 5. The Queen Strikes 6. The Nation’s Bio-Emergency Hotline 7. The Pawn Comes Calling 8. Bioweapons 101 9. Preparing for Biological Warfare 10. Disaster from Within 11. Bow to King Smallpox 12. On the Front Lines 13. Desert Pneumonia 14. The 4M Disaster 15. Countermeasures 16. The Slammer 17. On the Hot Side 18. Descent into Hell 19. Suspicion 20. The Aftermath 21. Down for the Count 22. Behind the Scenes of Pandemic Response 23. Looking Forward—the Challenges Continue Afterword Acknowledgments Glossary Notes Index
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