Barry R. Schneider
Contributor
Associated with The Society for Military History, part of Encyclopaedia Britannica's Publishing Partner Program.
Former Director, U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Author of and contributor to numerous books, including The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm (2004); The World's Most Threatening Terrorist Networks and Criminial Gangs (2009); and Battlefield of the Future: 21st Century Warfare Issues - Air Theory for the 21st Century (2012).
Primary Contributions (5)
Biological weapon, any of a number of disease-producing agents—such as bacteria, viruses, rickettsiae, fungi, toxins, or other biological agents—that may be utilized as weapons against humans, animals, or plants. The direct use of infectious agents and poisons against enemy personnel is an ancient…
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Publications (3)
The World's Most Threatening Terrorist Networks and Criminal Gangs
Terrorist Organizations And International Criminal Networks Pose An Increasingly Severe Danger To Us Security. Who Are These Rivals Who Threaten Us? What Do They Want To Achieve? This Book Looks At Diverse Groups Such As Al Qaeda, Its Jihadist Fellow Travelers As Well As Hezbollah And Its Terrorist Sponsor, Iran. Other Chapters Examine Hamas, Jemaah Islamiyah, The Farc, The Mexican Drug Cartels, And The Criminal Gang, Mara Salvatrucha 13. Pakistan, Where Jihadists Pose An Extreme Security Threat,...
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The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm
A new threat is stalking nations, as terrorist organizations and rogue states alike appear intent on acquiring and using the poor man's nuclear weapon: biological agents such as anthrax, smallpox, and plague. Attacks against Americans during the past dozen years may be an indication of more worrisome events to come. U.S. military forces in Japan were attacked in April of 1990 with botulinum toxin by the Aum Shinrikyo cult. Hundreds in Oregon were sickened with Salmonella after an attack in 1984....
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