" Inside the Hot Zone is a well-written and extremely insightful book that sheds light on a largely unknown coterie of researchers and scientists who are on the front lines of America's fight against biological threat. Its description of the torpid governmental bureaucracy and public apathy that undermine the work of scientists in organizations such as USAMRIID is both revealing and deeply concerning. Inside the Hot Zone is an extremely important book that provides fresh insight for anyone who wants to understand the 'boots on the ground' perspective of current biological and military threats faced in the twenty-first century--a perspective all of us could use in the current world climate."--Joshua Shiver, Journal of Military History.