Biological Weapons: Limiting the Threat

Book Overview

foreword by William S. Cohen, U.S. Secretary of Defense Biological weapons pose a horrifying and growing threat to the United States and to the world in general. Revelations about Iraq's weapons research and the plans of the Aum Shinrikyo cult in Japan serve as frightening reminders of the potential for military or terrorist use of biological agents. The essays in this book, many of which were originally published in the Journal of the American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262621282
• ISBN13: 9780262621281
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher