{"product_id":"the-biological-weapons-taboo-michelle-bentley-9780198892151","title":"The Biological Weapons Taboo","description":"The non-use of biological weapons has been described as the 'great mystery of biological warfare.' \u003cem\u003eThe Biological Weapons Taboo\u003c\/em\u003e solves that mystery by analysing the bioweapons taboo, in the first comprehensive study of the concept. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBentley explains precisely why bioweapons are perceived as repulsive and how this sentiment is consequently expressed in the form of political behaviours, including the refusal to engage in biological aggression. Drawing on extensive archival evidence, this volume looks back on United States' foreign policy decision-making (particularly in relation to the Geneva Protocol and the Biological Weapons Convention) to demonstrate how and why the taboo has comprised a decisive factor in shaping both biowarfare strategy and political rhetoric - and why the taboo needs to be recognised as a necessary consideration in the study of bioweapons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn analysing a taboo, the volume also takes the debate on international norms forward by questioning and challenging the wider analytic comprehension of 'taboo' itself. Rejecting current definitions of the concept as inadequate, Bentley proposes a new and original model of understanding based on the normative characteristics of disgust, stigmatization, and fetishization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michelle Bentley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198892152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198892151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2024","brand":"Michelle Bentley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48112851452159,"sku":"9780198892151","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7e8a0fd2-9895-4b4a-b296-00109c958116.jpg?v=1769611370","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-biological-weapons-taboo-michelle-bentley-9780198892151","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}