Mark G Kortepeter

Inside the Hot Zone

A Soldier on the Front Lines of Biological Warfare

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Produktbeschreibung

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.  

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9781640121423
• ISBN-10: 1640121420
• Artikelnr.: 55803730

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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