Fear and the Unprepared: United States Bioterrorism Policy and the 2001 Anthrax Crisis

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dc.contributor.advisorMcCook, Stuart
dc.contributor.authorHillyer, Kehlar
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-14T13:59:18Z
dc.date.available2021-10-14T13:59:18Z
dc.date.copyright2021-10-06
dc.date.created2021-10-06
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Historyen_US
dc.degree.grantorUniversity of Guelphen_US
dc.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
dc.degree.programmeHistoryen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis utilizes a combination of relevant newspaper articles, reports from United States government agencies, and policies to examine the history of biological warfare to bioterrorism within the United States. Through these sources, the relationship between public perception/values and political policy and law become more transparent. Over a century-long arc, this thesis explores the role of fear in determining bioterrorism policy from the creation of biological weapons through use as a domestic terrorism agent. The choice blindness to cultural problems within the societal system and their connections to domestic terrorism inhibits the justice system from functioning at a higher capacity. Through my examination of the 2001 anthrax attacks, it is revealed that this event, magnified by the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers, had a significant impact on public perception of biological weapons and subsequently on bioterrorism policy and legal structures.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10214/26512
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Guelphen_US
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dc.subjectbioterrorismen_US
dc.subjectanthraxen_US
dc.subjectUnited Statesen_US
dc.subjectGeorge Bushen_US
dc.subjectBruce Ivinsen_US
dc.subjectterrorismen_US
dc.subjectdomestic terrorismen_US
dc.subject9/11en_US
dc.subjectnew yorken_US
dc.subjectbiological weaponsen_US
dc.subjectFort Detricken_US
dc.subjectnuclear weaponsen_US
dc.subjectSteven Hatfillen_US
dc.subjectpolicyen_US
dc.titleFear and the Unprepared: United States Bioterrorism Policy and the 2001 Anthrax Crisisen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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