- Paperback: 296 pages
- Publisher: OUP Oxford (14 Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0198295790
- ISBN-13: 978-0198295792
- Product Dimensions: 29 x 20.3 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,958,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This interdisciplinary book analyses the origins of biological warfare planning and preparation up to the end of World War II. In the period between World War I and World War II, growing understanding of the propagation of disease lead to the fear that potential enemies might be developing biological weapons. Ultimately, several counries developed major biological warfare programmes during World War II. The relevance of these programmes to contemporary concerns is addressed. The World War II experiences related to biological weapons reinforce the 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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Biological &Toxin Weapons: From the Middle ages to 1945, 17 Mar 2000
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This review is from: Biological and Toxin Weapons: Research, Development and Use from the Middle Ages to 1945 (SIPRI Chemical & Biological Warfare Studies) (Paperback)
This book is exceptionally well researched and well written. It provides an excellent review of the historical aspects of the use of these agents and the development of laws against Biological weapons. It is recommended for use in colleges and universities that instruct on the need for the development of countermeasures to these agents.
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