v Contents Preface, ix Introductory Essays Chemical and Biological Warfare as Weapons of Mass Destruction: A U.S. Perspective, xiii Nuclear Weapons, xxi REFERENCE ENTRIES Abrin, 1 Accidental Nuclear War, 2 Agroterrorism (Agricultural Biological Warfare), 3 Airborne Alert, 8 Al Qaeda, 9 Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil, 11 Anthrax, 13 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, 16 Antinuclear Movement, 19 Anti-Satellite Weapons, 22 Arms Control, 23 Aum Shinrikyo, 27 Australia Group, 30 Baruch Plan, 33 Bikini Island, 34 Binary Chemical Munitions, 34 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, 36 Bioregulators, 39 Blood Agents, 41 Botulism (Botulinum Toxin), 43 Brinkmanship, 45 Broken Arrow, 46 Brucellosis (Brucella Bacterium), 47 Chemical Weapons Convention, 49 Chernobyl, 51 China, People’s Republic of, 52 Chlorine Gas, 54 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, 56 Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (Nunn-Lugar Program), 57 Crisis Stability, 59 Criticality and Critical Mass, 60 De-alerting, 65 Declared Facility, 66 Depleted Uranium (U-238), 66 Deterrence, 67 Deterrence and Defense Posture Review, 69
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