Deadly Cultures: Biological Weapons Since 1945The threat of biological weapons has never attracted as much public attention as in the past five years. Current concerns largely relate to the threat of weapons acquisition and use by rogue states or by terrorists. But the threat has deeper roots—it has been evident for fifty years that biological agents could be used to cause mass casualties and large-scale economic damage. Yet there has been little historical analysis of such weapons over the past half-century. |
Contents
Historical Context and Overview | 1 |
The US Biological Weapons Program | 9 |
The UK Biological Weapons Program | 47 |
The Canadian Biological Weapons Program and the Tripartite Alliance | 84 |
The French Biological Weapons Program | 108 |
The Soviet Biological Weapons Program | 132 |
Biological Weapons in NonSoviet Warsaw Pact Countries | 157 |
The Iraqi Biological Weapons Program | 169 |
Midspectrum Incapacitant Programs | 236 |
Allegations of Biological Weapons Use | 252 |
Terrorist Use of Biological Weapons | 284 |
The Politics of Biological Disarmament | 304 |
Legal Constraints on Biological Weapons | 329 |
Analysis and Implications | 355 |
The Biological Weapons Convention | 375 |
Notes | 381 |
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Deadly Cultures: Biological Weapons since 1945 Mark Wheelis,Lajos Rózsa,Malcolm Dando Limited preview - 2006 |