Gilmer, McGinnis, Park 1 Annotated Bibliography Primary Sources Alibek, Kenneth. Biological Weapons in the Former Soviet Union.

The Center for Nonproliferation Studies. November 6th, 1998. Accessed December 13th, 2013. <http://cns.miis.edu/npr/pdfs/alibek63.pdf>. Kenneth Alibek immigrated to the United States and was a part of the biological weapons program that the Soviet union was keeping secret. Alibek states in an interview that they started the biological weapons program in the 1920s and he goes into detail about his experiences. This source helped us understand how long the biological weapons program has been around and how Russia is a threat. Davies, Barry. Modern Survival: How to Cope When Everything Falls Apart. New York City: Skyhorse Publishing, 2012. Print Davies states that one of the first things to do after a disaster is to choose a leader. He suggests someone who was already in an office of power or someone who is the best suited for the job in whatever the situation. Secondary Sources Bailey, Diane. Epidemics and Society: The Plague. New York: Rosen Pub Group, 2010. Print. This source provided several interesting examples of governments role and actions during the times of plague crisis and their effect in the society. However, majority of the books content emphasized on the scientific nature of plagues rather than the social effects. Barbour, Scott. Is the World Prepared for a Deadly Influenza? San Diego: Reference Point Press, 2011. Print. This work informed of pandemics effect on the modern world. Specifically, it focused on who is responsible for aiding the people during the times of such crisis, how the situations were dealt with in the past, and an analysis of the worlds current plans of any future pandemics. The author provided great details about the organizations responsible for defending the people against pandemics and the strategies they have prepared for the future, stating both the positive and negative aspects of them as well. The information mainly ranges from 1900s to today, so most details of the past pandemics derive from the H1N1 crisis, SARS, and several other flues. "Black Death." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2013 This website provides a thorough information on the general concepts of the Black Plague. It also provides many useful quotes from the people during the time period. However, this sources does not mention much specifics about some actions taken by leading figures to resist from the plague.

Gilmer, McGinnis, Park 2 Cass, Kiera. The Selection. New York: HarperTeens, 2012. Print. Society is divided up into castes. Your caste determines your job. Only girls can marry into different castes. 35 girls are chosen to compete for the prince(Caste 1). They are picked based on their knowledge and their looks. Castes were originally picked by the King who was very biased. He married off his daughter so he could become King. The kingdom, known as Illea, was and still is run for the good of the royal family. Sixes barely have any food, sevens barely have enough food and eights are the outcast of society. Cohen, Avner. Israel and Chemical/Biological Weapons: History, Deterrence, and Arms Control. TheCenter for International and Security Studies. 1998. Accessed December 13th, 2013. http://cns.miis.edu/npr/pdfs/83cohen.pdf Avner Cohen is a great source because it gave us crucial information about the Chemical and Biological weapons program. Cohen talks about the two programs in depth and he talks about how dangerous they could be even though the Israelis are our allies. Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. New York: Scholastic Press, 2008. Print. Panem is divided into districts, and you can't change districts. Your district determines your job. Everyone must participate in the reaping. The poorer you are the greater a chance you have to get picked for the reaping. The games themselves are a fight to the death(last man standing) . The reaping is to choose who goes into the games. To win you must become a killer. The games are controlled by the Capital(Government) and the president of Panem(Snow). Condie, Ally. Matched. New York: Dutton Books, 2010. Print. The government chooses who you marry, how many kids you have, and your job. The government monitors your dreams and activities. Everyone is required to carry three pills at all times and one of them makes you forget the past twelve hours(RED PILL). Once you reach a certain age they poison your food. The Government monitors meals and changes portion size to control your weight. Dossey, Leslie. Bubonic Plague. Loyola University Chicago, 6 Nov. 2011. Web. 10 Dec. 2013. <http://www.luc.edu/faculty/ldossey/bubonicanov6.htm>. This website is straight to the point about the influences of the Bubonic Plague. Dossey mainly discuss the cultural, religious, and economic effects of the plague in regions of Asia and Europe. Certain information is easy to find because of its neat organization in subheadings. Regretfully, the website is all-text, thus does not contain any visual images. Evers, Von Marco. Japan's Nuclear Migraine: A Never-Ending Disaster at Fukushima. ABC News. September 14, 2013. Accessed October 15th, 2013. <http://abcnews.go.com/International/japans-nuclear-migraine-ending-disasterfukushima/story?id=20226885&singlePage=true>.

Gilmer, McGinnis, Park 3 Von Marco Evers talks about the lasting effects of the nulcear meltdown in Fukushima. Evers explains how dangerous it is still today and this shows how devastating nuclear materials are and how the radiation is dangerous. Friese, Kai. THE PLAGUE: HOW SERIOUS IS IT? India Today. October 15th, 1994. Accessed October 25th, 2013. <http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-articledisplay?id=SMO1549H-03776&artno=0000010156&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=black%20plague&title=The%2 0Plague%3A%20How%20Serious%20Is%20It%3F&res=Y&ren=N&gov=N&lnk=N&ic =N>. Kai Friese tells about how the Black Plague infected many people and how dangerous it really was. The problem was how it spread. Many people got sick and once they were deceased they were not disposed of properly. Keith, Jeanette. Fever Season: The Story of a Terrifying Epidemic and the People Who Saved a City. New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2012. Print. Fever Season talks about when the Black Plague hit Memphis, Tennessee. The mayor and the city council were replaced by a commission government. It goes on to say that because the city was never cleaned up after the fever it caused a second wave of Yellow Fever to go through the city. Martin, Sean. The Black Death. Edison: Chartwell Books, 2007. Print. Martin went into great depth about the situations of each individual cities, countries, and empires that were affected by the Black Plague. He effectively discussed of what classed societies experienced in the great epidemic and how the cultures had to adjust to the changes. Good historical evidences are presented about the governments or government-like figures actions to manage the crisis. The author also offers many of his assumptions, deductions, and opinions about what led certain communities to their downfall. Nardo, Don. Turning Points in World History: The Black Death. Farmington Hills: Greenhaven Press, 1999. Print. This source shows many different leading figures influences and how some did not stop the spread the plague, basic information of the black death and restrictions it caused, including sanitation issues, quarantines, and the infected management and travel bans.It is a helpful source because it provides information about a crisis and how it was managed. This can help us determine a hypothesis on what can work for crisis management and what can not. OBrien, Patrick K. Atlas of World History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Print. This source tells how the plague affected the some countries in western Europe and tore them apart. This source helps us understand the plagues effect on civilizations in western Europe and how they reacted to the dangers of the plague. This also shows how the

Gilmer, McGinnis, Park 4 Reynolds,Paul. Nuclear threat casts global shadow. BBC News Online world affairs. May 9th, 2003. Accessed December 9th, 2013. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3011313.stm>. Paul Reynolds talks about how dangerous many countries are with nuclear weapons and how devastating they can be. Reynolds also talks about the race for these weapons and develpoment of the nuclear weapons programs. Roth, Veronica. Divergent. New York: Katherine Tegen Books, 2011. Print. Society is divided up into five different groups which each person chooses. They take a test at the end of a certain school year that tells them which group they would fit into best. The groups are based off of different traits that were decided to be the most important for a functioning society: Abnegation, the selfless; Dauntless, the brave; Candor, the honest; Amity, the peaceful; Erudite, the intelligent. The groups worked well together until ONE of them became corrupt and tried to control all of the others. Shaoul, Jean. US condemnation of chemical weapons use not applied to Israel. The International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). September 14th, 2013. Accessed December13th, 2013. <https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/09/14/isras14.html>. Jean Shaoul talks about how the U.S. turned a blind eye when Israel used Chemical weapons because they are our allies. Shaoul shows how the U.S. government did not mind if Israel used chemical weapons but once Syria did the U.S. government had to look like they were against all chemical weapons. Weiner, Tim. Soviet Defector Warns of Biological Weapons. The New York Times. February 25th,1998. Accessed December 14th, 2013. <http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/25/world/soviet-defector-warns-of-biologicalweapons.html> Tim Weiner talks about the Soviet Union and their arsenal of Biological and Chemical Weapons and the danger they pose. They are very dangerous and this situation can not be ignored. Weyn, Suzanne. The Bar Code Tattoo. New York: Scholastic, 2004. Print. The barcode tattoo is an attempt to make a utopian society that oppressed the people of that society to have a tattoo that contains your entire life. This shows your status, allows you to get a job, tells your class, and most other things life entails.This book helps us to show how government can be oppressive to its people and it a good example of what a government should not be allowed to do.