- Hardcover: 416 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan; First Edition edition (24 Sep 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0333716140
- ISBN-13: 978-0333716144
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 4.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 941,888 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This text argues that biological warfare whether in the hands of "madmen" states or lone terrorists has the potential to do more damage than even nuclear weapons. It cannot be properly banned by treaty; it cannot be controlled; and it requires little investment to refine. It is the poor man's atom bomb. The battlefields of the new biological menace are being defined and it is time for the world to be warned for it stands close to the threshold of something new and terrible. Centered around the warriors in the biological battle, "Plague Wars" features the men behind Iraq's plan to gain plague war superiority; how the Pentagon planners have already war-gamed the West's response to the first full plague war attack; the Japanese cult terrorist plan to spread biological terror around the world; details of the Russian's biological warfare programme and the defectors who have blown the whistle on what the Russians are really up to and how a covert biological warfare programme may represent one of the last untold secrets of South Africa's apartheid war. To reveal these stories, the authors have secured the co-operation of the American Department of Defense, the United Nations and various civilian and military intelligence agencies.
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The most definitve account of biological weapons available
Tom Mangold and Jeff Goldberg have done an incredible job researching one of the most complex areas of international relations today. They have gathered material from four continents and have had the benefit of exclusive information from highly placed sources, many of whom cannot be named and who have never spoken before...
Tom Mangold and Jeff Goldberg have done an incredible job researching one of the most complex areas of international relations today. They have gathered material from four continents and have had the benefit of exclusive information from highly placed sources, many of whom cannot be named and who have never spoken before...
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Easy to read & understand,
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This review is from: Plague Wars: A True Story of Biological Warfare (Paperback)
By coincidence I was reading this book as the news about Dr David Kelly became known. Dr Kelly features very prominently in this book, and its a pity that such a fine individual met such a tragic end. Tom Mangold's book pulls together an excellent story over the decades. Very easy to read and to understand. Would be nice to see a revised edition with more information about Iraq post-2001.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Outstanding Read,
By CBRN Defence Officer "Jim" (Portsmouth, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Plague Wars: A True Story of Biological Warfare (Hardcover)
This book is a must for anyone interested in the field of biological warfare. I am a CBRN specialist, currently teaching the subject at a Navy school, and I learned things from this book I had never heard before but have since confirmed. The book has now been added to the school's reference library. Mr. Mangold did get his wires crossed when referring to organo-phosphates as 'toxins'... they're actually classified as 'toxic chemicals' and are not covered under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. This, however, was a very minor slip in an otherwise outstanding book.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An extraordinary story of undercover biological warfare.,
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This review is from: Plague Wars: A True Story of Biological Warfare (Hardcover)
I have read this book from cover to cover and it is a gripping story about how Britain, Russia and America are tooling up for the ultimate war -- with biological weapons. The authors have had good access to some intelligence material and explain how the world has been experimenting with terrible diseases like anthrax and bubonic plague. The authors say biological warfare is inevitable. I hope not. The pictures are good too.
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