Kathleen M. Vogel is an associate professor in the department of science and technology studies and at the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, Cornell University.

Phantom Menace or Looming Danger? A New Framework for Assessing Bioweapons Threats should be in any political science and military collection and provides a powerful argument for a major shift in how bioweapons threats are assessed. Midwest Book Review This is an engrossing book that exemplifies what STS can bring to broader issues of policymaking in the US and potentially beyond, and it is well worth reading. -- Carla Nappi New Books in Science, Technology, and Society Kathleen Vogel has authored one of the most important books written about biological weapons in recent years... Vogel tackles head-on the conventional wisdom regarding the biological weapon (BW) threat, successfully, challenging assumptions that have gone largely unexamined by the broader biodefense community... She also uncovers some deeper organizational and social forces that have shaped US intelligence and threat assessments since the end of international security, not just those with an interest in biodefense or intelligence. This, this book is a must-read for scholars and practitioners in the field of international security, not just those with an interest in biodefense or intelligence. -- Gregory D. Koblentz Nonproliferation Review

• AcknowledgmentsPart I: The Bioweapons Threat and Assessment Problem1. Bioweapons and National Security2. Technological Frames and Narratives in U.S. Bioweapons Assessments and PolicymakingPart II: Science in a Social ContextOverview: The Biosocial Frame3. Synthetic Genomic, the Biotech Revolution, and Bioterrorism4. Societ Bioweapons Know-How and Proliferation ThreatsPart III: Analytic Failures in Bioweapons AssessmentsOverview: "Curveball" and the Iraqi Mobile Bioweapons Threat5. Expertise and Analytic Practice6. Current Intelligence Reporting and CIA Analytic Practice7. Secrecy and the Production of the Iraqi Mobile Bioweapons ThreatPart IV: Alternative Analytic Solutions8. A New Knowledge Model for Bioweapons Intelligence AssessmentsConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Kathleen M. Vogel is an associate professor in the department of science and technology studies and at the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, Cornell University.

Phantom Menace or Looming Danger? A New Framework for Assessing Bioweapons Threats should be in any political science and military collection and provides a powerful argument for a major shift in how bioweapons threats are assessed. Midwest Book Review This is an engrossing book that exemplifies what STS can bring to broader issues of policymaking in the US and potentially beyond, and it is well worth reading. -- Carla Nappi New Books in Science, Technology, and Society Kathleen Vogel has authored one of the most important books written about biological weapons in recent years... Vogel tackles head-on the conventional wisdom regarding the biological weapon (BW) threat, successfully, challenging assumptions that have gone largely unexamined by the broader biodefense community... She also uncovers some deeper organizational and social forces that have shaped US intelligence and threat assessments since the end of international security, not just those with an interest in biodefense or intelligence. This, this book is a must-read for scholars and practitioners in the field of international security, not just those with an interest in biodefense or intelligence. -- Gregory D. Koblentz Nonproliferation Review

• AcknowledgmentsPart I: The Bioweapons Threat and Assessment Problem1. Bioweapons and National Security2. Technological Frames and Narratives in U.S. Bioweapons Assessments and PolicymakingPart II: Science in a Social ContextOverview: The Biosocial Frame3. Synthetic Genomic, the Biotech Revolution, and Bioterrorism4. Societ Bioweapons Know-How and Proliferation ThreatsPart III: Analytic Failures in Bioweapons AssessmentsOverview: "Curveball" and the Iraqi Mobile Bioweapons Threat5. Expertise and Analytic Practice6. Current Intelligence Reporting and CIA Analytic Practice7. Secrecy and the Production of the Iraqi Mobile Bioweapons ThreatPart IV: Alternative Analytic Solutions8. A New Knowledge Model for Bioweapons Intelligence AssessmentsConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Kathleen M. Vogel is an associate professor in the department of science and technology studies and at the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, Cornell University.

Phantom Menace or Looming Danger? A New Framework for Assessing Bioweapons Threats should be in any political science and military collection and provides a powerful argument for a major shift in how bioweapons threats are assessed. Midwest Book Review This is an engrossing book that exemplifies what STS can bring to broader issues of policymaking in the US and potentially beyond, and it is well worth reading. -- Carla Nappi New Books in Science, Technology, and Society Kathleen Vogel has authored one of the most important books written about biological weapons in recent years... Vogel tackles head-on the conventional wisdom regarding the biological weapon (BW) threat, successfully, challenging assumptions that have gone largely unexamined by the broader biodefense community... She also uncovers some deeper organizational and social forces that have shaped US intelligence and threat assessments since the end of international security, not just those with an interest in biodefense or intelligence. This, this book is a must-read for scholars and practitioners in the field of international security, not just those with an interest in biodefense or intelligence. -- Gregory D. Koblentz Nonproliferation Review

• AcknowledgmentsPart I: The Bioweapons Threat and Assessment Problem1. Bioweapons and National Security2. Technological Frames and Narratives in U.S. Bioweapons Assessments and PolicymakingPart II: Science in a Social ContextOverview: The Biosocial Frame3. Synthetic Genomic, the Biotech Revolution, and Bioterrorism4. Societ Bioweapons Know-How and Proliferation ThreatsPart III: Analytic Failures in Bioweapons AssessmentsOverview: "Curveball" and the Iraqi Mobile Bioweapons Threat5. Expertise and Analytic Practice6. Current Intelligence Reporting and CIA Analytic Practice7. Secrecy and the Production of the Iraqi Mobile Bioweapons ThreatPart IV: Alternative Analytic Solutions8. A New Knowledge Model for Bioweapons Intelligence AssessmentsConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex