Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Rise and Fall of Smallpox 2. The Biology of Viruses 3. Smallpox as a Biological Weapon 4. Environmental Law and Policy 5. The World Health Organization 6. The Morality of Extinction 7. The Case for Extermination 8. The Case against Extermination 9. Conclusions and Recommendations Notes Select Bibliography Index

About the Author

David Koplow is Professor of Law at Georgetown University. From 1997 to 1999 he served as Deputy General Counsel for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Defense, where he was the Pentagon's senior legal advisor on biological warfare issues, including smallpox. He has published extensively on arms control and national security matters, and is the author of By Fire and Ice: Dismantling Chemical Weapons While Preserving the Environment (1997) and Testing a Nuclear Test Ban (1996).

Reviews

"Koplow's well-documented, readable book opens with a brief history of smallpox. . . .Thereafter, Koplow's description of viruses and basic scientific processes for working with their many varieties proves especially valuable to general readers, as does his examination of the uses, actual and potential, of smallpox in war and terrorism. . . .A valuable guide for post-9/11 discussions."
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