Biological Weapons: Limiting the Threat (BCSIA Studies in International Security) (Hardcover)

by Joshua Lederberg (Editor)

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"Biological warfare is probably the most serious direct threat to U.S. national security, and no one knows more about this threat than Joshua Lederberg."
—Leslie H. Gelb, President, Council on Foreign Relations --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Examines the medical, scientific and political dimensions of limiting the threat posed by biological weapons. The text considers the history of attempts to control them, episodes where biological agents have been used, Iraq's warfare programme and policies the US might pursue to reduce the threat.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 300 pages
• Publisher: The MIT Press; 1 edition (May 7, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0262122162
• ISBN-13: 978-0262122160
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Student's Must-Have Handbook, June 11, 2000

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This review is from: Biological Weapons: Limiting the Threat (BCSIA Studies in International Security) (Paperback)

Biological Weapons:Limiting the Threat is an excellent source of information for the student concerned with national security and/or terrorism issues. Joshua Lederberg has done an excellent job of editing the various chapters; all of them informative. What makes this book stand apart from others is that Biological Weapons was originally a series of articles written for the American Medical Association, a departure from the norm that is the political/sociological field. The book does justice to various issues centered on BW warfare, such as methods of deployment, historical analyses of past events, and so on. The only qualm that I have as a reader was that after reading a number of chapters, many of the chapters focused on the same events, causing some repetition, though not the fault of the editor or the authors, each of them writing and reviewing the chapters as works capable of standing on their own. All in all, a book worth acquiring for a library specializing in international security issues.