Deadly cultures : biological weapons since 1945 /

Deadly cultures : biological weapons since 1945 /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2006.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 479 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Biological weapons -- Testing. Biological weapons -- Research. Biological Warfare -- history. Biological Warfare -- legislation & jurisprudence. Biological Warfare -- prevention & control. Biological weapons -- Research. Biological weapons -- Testing. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11196587

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Other authors / contributors:	Wheelis, Mark. Rózsa, Lajos, 1961- Dando, Malcolm.
ISBN:	9780674045132 0674045130 9780674016996 0674016998
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-461) and index. In English. Print version record.
Summary:	The threat of biological weapons has never attracted as much public attention as in the past five years. Yet there has been little historical analysis of such weapons over the past half-century. Deadly Cultures sets out to fill this gap by analyzing the historical developments since 1945 and addressing three central issues: why states have continued or begun programs for acquiring biological weapons, why states have terminated biological weapons programs, and how states have demonstrated that they have truly terminated their biological weapons programs.
Other form:	Print version: Deadly cultures. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2006 0674016998 9780674016996
Standard no.:	10.4159/9780674045132

Table of Contents:

Preface
Abbreviations
1. Historical Context and Overview
2. The US Biological Weapons Program
3. The UK Biological Weapons Program
4. The Canadian Biological Weapons Program and the Tripartite Alliance
5. The French Biological Weapons Program
6. The Soviet Biological Weapons Program
7. Biological Weapons in Non-Soviet Warsaw Pact Countries
8. The Iraqi Biological Weapons Program
9. The South African Biological Weapons Program
10. Anticrop Biological Weapons Programs
11. Antianimal Biological Weapons Programs
12. Midspectrum Incapacitant Programs
13. Allegations of Biological Weapons Use
14. Terrorist Use of Biological Weapons
15. The Politics of Biological Disarmament
16. Legal Constraints on Biological Weapons
17. Analysis and Implications
Appendix: The Biological Weapons Convention
Notes
Contributors
Index