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This interdisciplinary book analyzes the origins of biological warfare planning and preparation up to the end of World War II. In the period between the world wars, growing understanding of the propagation of disease lead to the fear that potential enemies might be developing biological weapons, with several countries ultimately developing major biological warfare programs during World War II. The relevance of these programs to contemporary concerns is addressed and sheds light on arguments for adoption of a verification protocol to strengthen the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.
About the Author
Erhard Geissler is Professor of Genetics & Head of the Bioethical Research Group, Max Delbruck Centre for Molecular Medicine, Berlin-Buch.
John Ellis van Courtland Moon is Professor of History Emeritus, Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg.
This interdisciplinary book analyzes the origins of biological warfare planning and preparation up to the end of World War II. In the period between the world wars, growing understanding of the propagation of disease lead to the fear that potential enemies might be developing biological weapons, with several countries ultimately developing major biological warfare programs during World War II. The relevance of these programs to contemporary concerns is addressed and sheds light on arguments for adoption of a verification protocol to strengthen the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.
About the Author
Erhard Geissler is Professor of Genetics & Head of the Bioethical Research Group, Max Delbruck Centre for Molecular Medicine, Berlin-Buch.
John Ellis van Courtland Moon is Professor of History Emeritus, Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg.
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- Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War by Judith Miller on 4 pages
- Smallpox: The Fight to Eradicate a Global Scourge by David A. Koplow in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Evolution of Biological Disarmament (Sipri Chemical & Biological Warfare Studies) by Nicholas Alan Sims on page 145, and Back Matter
- Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox by Jonathan B. Tucker in Back Matter
- Terrorism, Asymmetric Warfare, and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Defending the U.S. Homeland (CSIS) by Anthony H. Cordesman on page 230
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