Biological Warfare - The Dark World of Biochemical Weapons

Author: Miller
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: Are you curious about what biological weapons are? Do you want to know the behind-the-scenes story of the development of biological weapons? Written by three seasoned journalists from The New York Times and other publications, the author conducted extensive research over a long period, relying on a wealth of firsthand materials provided by experts, scientists, military officers, current and former government officials, and others. The book "Biological Warfare – The Dark World ofWeapons" reveals the horrifying truth behind biological weapons through detailed evidence. Open this book, and you will discover the following little-known facts: In the 1950s, how American scientists developed small-scale biological time bombs; how they secretly produced and tested promising biological weapons; In the 1960s, how the U.S. military attempted to launch a biological weapons attack on Cuba; how the former Soviet Union's biological weapons program was vast in scale, and how it tested, stored, and destroyed large quantities of anthrax bacteria and smallpox virus; How Iraq produced and stored thousands of gallons of anthrax and botulinum toxin in a short period; How countries like Iraq tried to recruit trained scientists skilled in biological warfare; How the Rajneeshpuram cult used toxic mushrooms to attack in Oregon, U.S., causing multiple poisoning incidents; And how biological warriors have fought throughout history, and so on. Rich in content and authoritative, this book is worth reading in the face of the current global threat of biological weapons. It has been ranked on The New York Times bestseller list.