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Anthrax: The Investigation of a Deadly Outbreak Paperback – December 14, 1999
- Print length321 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherUniv. of Cal. Press
- Publication dateDecember 14, 1999
- ISBN-100756769124
- ISBN-13978-0756769123
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- Publisher : Univ. of Cal. Press; F First Edition (December 14, 1999)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 321 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0756769124
- ISBN-13 : 978-0756769123
- Item Weight : 1.2 pounds
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About the author

Jeanne Guillemin is a senior fellow in the Security Studies Program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in the Center for International Studies. Her academic specialty focuses on national security issues involving infectious diseases and in particular the history of biological weapons. Her most recent book is "American Anthrax: Fear, Crime, and the Investigation of the Nation's Deadliest Bioterror Attack" (2012). In 2005 she wrote "Biological Weapons: From State-sponsored Programs to Contemporary Bioterrorism." In 1999, she chronicled her research on the 1979 Sverdlovsk outbreak in "Anthrax: The Investigation of a Deadly Outbreak."
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The Massachusetts Center for the Book has listed American Anthrax as a "Must-Read" book for 2012!
http://massbook.org/MassBooks12/booknews2012_optimizedv2.pdf
Read Dr. Guillemin's May 24 2012 letter to the Boston Globe, "A vital institution, Postal Service should be valued."
Read it here: http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/letters/2012/05/23/vital-institution-postal-service-should-valued/2D8SRX7D7pXQYasO9ZEhpK/story.html
Watch Dr. Guillemin talk about the 2001 Anthrax Attacks at The Library of Congress at the following link.
http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5498
Listen to the author in her September 2011 interview with Ireland's Newstalk radio. Click on the link, scroll down, and click on the "Monday September 5: Anthrax and Attractiveness" link.
http://media.newstalk.ie/podcast/56284/?uniqueID=539625
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Guillemin approaches her study of the events and its root cause following all of the principles of sound science.
As a human being, however, her outrage over this incident continues to surface. As she recounts her investigation she interjects this outrage, often digressing from the story line to vent her indignation.
Unlike a possibly dry standard scientific thesis this story could have turned into, she includes many human elements in her writing. She describes the families of the victims, their losses, and sorrow. She also goes into great detail about what her team ate and drank, the meals they missed, and every possible incident interesting or otherwise about the trip to Siberia. She even includes a description of her inappropriate wearing of sandals for a Siberian spring. The author is writing for a general audience rather than for the scientific community and she or her publisher understands the need for the appealing human element. Sadly this takes the reader away from focusing on the many fascinating scientific and public health aspects of the study that almost become an aside to her story of the quest for information on the victims.
It is a worthwhile, though in parts wordy read. Read in conjunction with "Biohazard", the dark side of science is well represented.
