Jonathan B. Tucker

Jonathan B. Tucker

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name = Jonathan B. Tucker


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education = Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D.
Yale University, B.S.
occupation = Chemical and biological weapons expert
title = Doctor
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nationality = United States
website = [http://cns.miis.edu/cns/staff/jtucker.htm CNS Staff Profile]
Dr. Jonathan B. Tucker is a prominent United States chemical and biological weapons expert.

Tucker earned a B.S. in biology from Yale University and a Ph.D. in political science (focusing on defense and arms control study) from MIT. He then worked as an arms control specialist for the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, the U.S. Arms Control & Disarmament Agency, and the U.S. State Department. Additionally, Tucker was an editor at "High Technology" and "Scientific American" magazine and wrote about military technologies, biotechnology, and biomedical research.

He was a UN weapons biological inspector in Iraq in February 1995. Since March 1996 he has specialized in chemical and biological weapons at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Washington, D.C., where he is now a senior fellow. He is the author of both "Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox" (Grove/Atlantic, 2001) and "War of Nerves: Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda" (Pantheon, 2006) and he edited "Toxic Terror: Assessing Terrorist Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons" (MIT Press, 2000).

Published works

Articles

*cite journal | last =Tucker | first =Jonathan B. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Historical Trends Related to Bioterrorism: An Empirical Analysis | journal =Emerging Infectious Diseases | volume =5 | issue =4 | pages = | publisher =Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | location = | date =July 1, 1999 | url =http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no4/tucker.htm | doi = | id = | accessdate = 2007-11-22

Books

*cite book | last =Tucker | first =Jonathan B. (Editor) | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Toxic Terror: Assessing Terrorist Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons | publisher =MIT Press | date =2000 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0262700719
*cite book | last =Tucker | first =Jonathan B. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =War of Nerves: Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-qaeda | publisher =Pantheon Books | date =2006 | location = | pages =479 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0375422293
*cite book | last =Tucker | first =Jonathan B. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox | publisher =Grove Press | date =2002 | location = | pages =304 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0802139396


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