Biological Weapons: From the Invention of State-sponsored Programs to Contemporary Bioterrorism
- ISBN-10
- 0231129432
- ISBN-13
- 9780231129435
- Series
- Biological Weapons
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 258
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-03
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Author
- Jeanne Guillemin
Description
A timely account of how resources for biological weapons programs were mobilized and why such weapons have never been deployed in major conflicts offers an understanding of the relevance of the historical restraints placed on the use of biological weapons and looks at what can to done to prevent their proliferation in the post-September 11th world.
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- 2005
- 273 pages
- Paperback
- Columbia University Press
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