"... should be read by anyone wanting to understand
what may well be tomorrow's headlines."
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan 
"...
a valuable, highly readable analysis of an emerging
global threat." Elaine Sciolino,
The New York Times
"Fascinating
reading....a unique entree into the secretive world
of chemical and biologic warfare."
The Journal of the American Medical Association
From the Publisher (W.H Freeman and Co., 1998):
The Eleventh Plague deals with a terrifying and
compelling subject: biological and chemical warfare.
Using historical and contemporary examples, Cole explains
what biological and chemical weapons are, how they are
developed and tested, and what their effects can be.
He vividly describes the very real threat that Iraq
would use chemical weapons in the Gulf War--real enough
that every man, woman, and child in Israel had to wear
a gas mask. He also analyzes the possibility that the
so-called Gulf War syndrome may have been due to biological
or chemical weapons, a possibility that federal investigations
have yet to confirm or disprove....
The Eleventh Plague arms us with a frightening
knowledge. What do recent political and technical developments
suggest for the future? And how will we fight this increasingly
ominous, deadly plague?
ELEMENT OF RISK:
THE POLITICS OF RADON
"Facinating....
The kind of book that should be passed around to friends
and neighbors."
Health Physics
"Splendid.... Cole is so deft in analyzing the science
and politics of radon that it is hard to know whether
to laugh or cry."
Nature
From the Publisher (Oxford University
Press, 1994):
The danger of radon--an oderless, potentially cancer-causing
gas--struck home in the 1980s when whole neighborhoods
were deemed unsafe and homeowners were forced to relocate,
sometimes at great expense. But how much of a threat
does radon really pose to Americans? Does the threat
warrant an aggressive national policy? ... Homeowners
and taxpayers, scientists and policymakers, will find
[this book] essential reading.
CLOUDS
OF SECRECY:
THE ARMY'S GERM WARFARE
TESTS OVER POPULATED AREAS
"Biological
weapons ... deserve a wider understanding. Dr. Cole's
carefully researched account provides the best possible
intorduction to this important subject."
Nicholas Wade, The New York Times
"... should be read by every concerned citizen. Cole
has performed an invaluable service for the public and
for biomedical scientists."
Jonathan King, MIT
From the Publisher (Rowman and Littlefield Publishers,
1990):
Clouds of Secrecy is a probing examination of
the Army's germ warfare testing program from World War
II to the present. Using extensive information from
congressional hearings, courtroom testimony, interviews,
and government documents, the author details the nature
of the Army's biological experiments, the reasoning
behind the tests, and the effects on exposed human populations.
POLITICS
AND THE RESTRAINT OF SCIENCE
(Rowman and Littlefield, 1983)
BLACKS
IN POWER:
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BLACK
AND WHITE ELECTED OFFICIALS
(Princeton University Press, 1976)
"The
Specter of Biological Weapons" in SCIENTIFIC
AMERICAN, Dec. 1996. Excerpt:
"In 1980 only one country, the Soviet Union, had
been named by the U.S. for violating the 1972 Biological
Weapons Convention, a treaty that prohibits the
development or possession of biological weapons.
Since then, the number has ballooned. In 1989 Central
Intelligence Agency director William Webster reported
that "at least 10 countries" were developing biological
weapons. By 1995, 17 countries had been named as
biological weapons suspects.... Reversing this trend
should be of paramount concern to the community
of nations.
Indeed, the elimination of biological as well as
chemical weaponry is a worthy, if difficult goal.
The failure of this effort may increase the likelihood
of the development of a manmade plague from Ebola
or some other gruesome agent."
SAMPLES
OF OTHER RECENT PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS,
AND REVIEWS:
“The
Threat of Biological Terrorism and Lessons from
the 2001 Anthrax Attacks,” presentation at the conference
on Terrorism’s Global Impact, International Institute
for Counter-Terrorism, Interdisciplinary Center,
Herzliya, Israel, Sept. 11-14, 2006.
“Bioweapons, Proliferation, and the U.S. Anthrax
Attack,” presentation at the conference on Terrorism,
Transnational Networks and WMD Proliferation (Sponsored
by the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency), Center
for Contemporary Conflict, Naval Postgraduate School,
Monterey, CA, July 24-27, 2006.
“Confirmed BW Agent Use: U.S. Anthrax Letters,”
presentation at the conference on Identification,
Characterization, and Attribution of Biological
Weapons Use (Sponsored by the US Defense Threat
Reduction Agency with Kings College, London), Kings
College, London, UK, July 12-13, 2006.
“WMD and Lessons from the Anthrax Attacks,” chapter
in David Kamien, ed., The McGraw-Hill Handbook
of Homeland Security. New York: McGraw-Hill,
2006.
Review of The Problem of Biological Weapons
by Milton Leitenberg in Journal of Clinical Investigation,
May 2005.
"Bioterrorism and Preparedness," Business Briefings:
Clinical Virology and Infectious Diseases, December
2004.
Review of Smallpox: The Fight to Eradicate a
Global Scourge by David Koplow in ISIS,
Vol. 95, No., 2, June 2004.
“The 2001 Anthrax Attacks: Implications for the
Medical Community,” Clinics in Dermatology
Vol. 22, No. 2, March/
April
2004.
“Anthrax Bioterrorism, Two Years Later,” Homeland
Security IntelWatch, (on-line) March 2004.
“A Double Standard on Suicide Terrorism,” Forward,
February, 20, 2004.
“Ricin Assumptions Could Prove Deadly,” NewsMax,
February 10, 2004.
"Domestic Threats: The Anthrax Letters," Conference
on Counterproliferation at Ten (The Fight Against
Weapons of Mass Destruction), Hosted by the US Air
Force Counterproliferation Center and the Defense
Threat Reduction Agency, Alexandria, VA, December
8, 2003.
"Bioterrorism 2001: The Anthrax Letters," Mailman
School of Public Health, Columbia University, December
4, 2003.
“Persistence of a Mock Bio-Agent in Cross-Contaminated
Mail and Mailboxes,” Journal of Public Health Management
and Practice, Vol. 9, No. 5 (September/October
2003).
“Gone Today, Here Tomorrow?” review of Pox Americana:
The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82, by Elizabeth
A. Fenn; Scourge: The Once and future Threat of
Smallpox, by Jonathan B. Tucker; The Demon
in the Freezer: A True Story, by Richard Preston
in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (September/
October
2003).
“Bioterrorism Preparedness,” presentation, Conference
on Technology and Terrorism at the Rutgers Institute
for the Analysis of Terrorism, Center for Global Change
and Governance, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, February
13, 2003.
"Ethical Issues Concerning Outdoor Testing with Biological
and Chemical Warfare Agents," Testimony before the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington,
DC, July 10, 2002.
“Bioterrorism 2001: Lessons Learned and Remaining
Uncertainties,” presented at the International Conference
on Emerging Infectious Diseases 2002, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, March
26, 2002.
“Bioterrorism: What We Thought We Knew But Didn’t,”
presentation to Sigma Xi, Honorary Science Society,
University of Medicine, New Jersey, December 19, 2001.
“When Smallpox Failed,” The New York Times
(Week in Review), December 2, 2001, WK-5.
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