Hitting America's Soft Underbelly The Potential Threat of Deliberate Biological Attacks Against the U.S. Agricultural and Food Industry

Over the past decade, the United States has endeavored to increase its ability to detect, prevent, and respond to terrorist threats and incidents. The agriculture sector and the food industry in general, however, have received comparatively little attention with respect to protection against terrori...

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Main Author: Chalk, Peter (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: RAND Corporation 2004
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