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Biological weapons : from the invention of state-sponsored programs to contemporary bioterrorism / Jeanne Guillemin.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0231129424 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780231129428 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0231509170 (elec.)
- ISBN: 9780231509176 (elec.)
- Physical Description: xii, 258 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, c2005.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-242) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Biological agents and disease transmission -- The United Kingdom and biological warfare: the remorseless advance of military science -- The United States in World War II: industrial scale and secrecy -- Secret sharing and the Japanese biological weapons program (1934-1945) -- Aiming for nuclear scale: the Cold War and the US biological warfare program -- The Nixon decision -- The Soviet biological weapons program -- Bioterrorism and the threat of proliferation -- National security and the biological weapons threat -- Biological weapons: restraints against proliferation. |
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| Subject: | Biological warfare > History. Bioterrorism. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Community College Library | UG 447.8 .G85 2005 | 30534214 | General Collection | Available | - |