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Book SynopsisUntil the events of September 11 and the anthrax attacks of 2001, biological weapons had never been a major public concern in United States. This book provides an account of the circumstances under which scientists, soldiers, and statesmen were able to mobilize resources for biological weapons programs.
Trade ReviewThis sane and sensible book ends by arguing for a more balanced approach. -- Malcolm Dando Nature The book ranks high as a historical introduction to the subject and a handbook on contemporary remedies. Publishers Weekly Guillemin's account of biological weapons is lucid and concise, providing an excellent guide through the evidence on the past and issues for the future. -- Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs Jeanne Guillemin presents a cogent history of biological warfare and its horrific implications -- Karl Helicher ForeWord Guillemin's book is an extremely valuable and insightful work on a topic of significant national and international concern. -- Thomas May Journal of the American Medical Association The scholarship and the clarity of the writing are remarkable...deserves to be read widely -- Karl M. Johnson, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine A clear, well-written general survey... it eschews the sensationalism and fear mongering which surrounds much of the current literature. -- John Ellis van Courtland Moon Journal of Military History Read it. -- Alan D B Malcolm Biologist There is no better source for an overview of the history of biological weapons research. -- Susan Lindee Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Biological Agents and Disease Transmission 2. The United Kingdom and Biological Warfare: The Remorseless Advance of Military Science 3. The United States in World War II: Industrial Scale and Secrecy 4. Secret Sharing and the Japanese Biological Weapons Program (1934-1945) 5. Aiming for Nuclear Scale: The Cold War and the US Biological Warfare Program 6. The Nixon Decision 7. The Soviet Biological Weapons Program 8. Bioterrorism and the Threat of Proliferation 9. National Security and the Biological Weapons Threat 10. Biological Weapons: Restraints Against Proliferation
