Biological Weapons

Klappentext This resource offers readers a highly accessible and informed account of the circumstances under which scientists! soldiers! and statesmen were able to mobilize resources for extensive biological weapons programs and explains why such weapons were never deployed in a major conflict. Zusammenfassung Until 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.

Product details

• Authors: Jeanne Guillemin, Guillemin Jeanne
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.2005
• EAN: 9780231129428
• ISBN: 978-0-231-12942-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, Politics & government, History: specific events and topics, Chemical and biological weapons, Arms negotiation and control