After the events of 11 September 2001 and the anthrax letters, terrorism and bioterrorism have become the number one issue and motivation for all sorts of discussions and actions within the USA and in the rest of the world. Therefore, it is no wonder that bioterrorism and the threat of chemical weapons are prevalent issues in bioethical debates throughout the world and especially in the USA.

In the Wake of Terror tries to give an American perspective on the most important bioethical issues connected with terrorism and bioterrorism. The book is from the series Basic Bioethics published by the MIT press. The series editors …