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Biocrisis: Defining Biological Threats in U.S. Policy de Albert J. Mauroni

Biocrisis: Defining Biological Threats in U.S. Policy: Praeger Security International

Autor Albert J. Mauroni
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 apr 2022 – vârsta până la 17 ani
This book examines the recent intersection of national security and public health regarding biological threats to the U.S. populace and proposes improvements to the executive and legislative development of U.S. policy addressing biological threat mitigation.Over the last 20 years, the national security community has engaged with disease-related issues that have traditionally been the scope of public health agencies. The federal government's response has been to create a single national biodefense strategy, which has been largely ineffective in improving conditions due to poor terminology, a lack of leadership, and a failure to assess government programs.Applying a public policy framework, Albert J. Mauroni examines how the government addresses biological threats-including disease prevention, bioterrorism response, military biodefense, biosurety, and agricultural biosecurity and food safety. He proposes a new approach to countering biological threats, arguing that lead agencies should focus on implementing discrete portfolios with annual assessments against clear and achievable objectives.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781440878879
ISBN-10: 1440878870
Pagini: 296
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Seria Praeger Security International

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Examines each of the five biological threat sectors and identifies who develops and executes the policy for those sectors, what funding they receive, how each policy area's objectives are implemented, what congressional committees are involved, and who advocates for them

Notă biografică

Albert J. Mauroni is the director of the U.S. Air Force Center for Strategic Deterrence Studies at Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL.

Cuprins

IllustrationsAcronymsPreface1. Anatomy of a Crisis2. The Problem Is Political3. U.S. Health Care Is a Huge Creature4. National Security Concerns about Biological Threats5. Building a Strategy for Disease Prevention6. Bioterrorism Was Always Misunderstood7. Biodefense: Underappreciated and Largely Ignored8. Biosurety-the Public's Biggest Fear?9. Making the Term "Biosecurity" Relevant Again10. Creating a New NormNotesGlossaryIndex

Recenzii

Al Mauroni's biting critique of American biodefense policies should be required reading. Even those who reject his conclusions will benefit from engaging with his often-controversial perspectives. Based on his extensive knowledge of how the military counters biological warfare threats, Mauroni offers an often-surprising argument against dealing with natural and accidental infectious disease outbreaks with a similar national security framework.
Albert J. Mauroni provides a comprehensive examination of how U.S. government policy has shaped the civilian and military national biodefense community and vice versa. He guides the reader with a thoroughly detailed review that few others with his extensive knowledge and experience have previously attempted. His book should be required reading for all who seek to understand and contribute to our national biodefense strategy and policy.
Now more than ever, the national security and public health communities need new strategies for managing the distinct challenges posed by biological weapons and by pandemics. In this book, Albert Mauroni provides a trenchant critique of existing policies and provides practical recommendations for a more constructive way forward.
Albert Mauroni sees a national crisis in how the United States government addresses biological threats, understood broadly to include health issues, and the mechanisms that it uses in attempts to establish a national policy on "health security." In particular, he is concerned with the role that the U.S. Department of Defense plays in this effort. Drawing on 35 years of experience in Army and Air Force service and as a consultant to the Department of Defense, Mauroni provides a thorough and highly informed review of the issues and problems.