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Terrorism: How to Respond; Walking Away From Terrorism: Accounts of Disengagement From Radical and Extremist Movements; Radical, Religious, and Violent: The New Economics of Terrorism
Richard English
John Horgan
Eli Berman
Lawrence D. Freedman

The development of the field of terrorism studies has, in recent years, appeared to outpace the development of actual terrorism. Now may be the era of diminishing marginal returns.
Living Weapons: Biological Warfare and International Security; Breeding Bio Insecurity: How U.S. Biodefense Is Exporting Fear, Globalizing Risk, and Making Us All Less Secure
Gregory D. Koblentz
Lynn C. Klotz and Edward J. Sylvester
Lawrence D. Freedman

Koblentz provides an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of biological weapons as a strategic problem that should become the standard text in the field. One point he makes on how biodefense programs might advance offensive knowledge is fully developed in the forceful analysis by Klotz and Sylvester, whose message is contained in its subtitle: that U.S. efforts at biodefense are counterproductive.