Tales of a dark winter: a play in three acts -- A brief history of bioterrorism -- Agents of terror -- Genetically modified pathogens -- The ultimate bioterrorist : Mother Nature! -- Agroterrorism : the very food on your plate (and the water in your glass) -- America responds -- Political, legal, and social issues in a national health emergency -- The politics of bioterrorism in America -- Assessing the threat
Summary
This primer for the general reader discusses the science behind potential bioterrorist attacks, revealing what could happen, what is likely to happen, and what almost certainly will not happen. He reviews likely threats (from agroterrorism to a poisoning of the water supply), plus the lethal agents on the CDC's bioterrorism list
