Biological Weapons: From the Invention of State-Sponsored Programs to Contemporary Bioterrorism.

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Biological Weapons: From the Invention of State-Sponsored Programs to Contemporary Bioterrorism, Dr. Jeanne Guillemin, Columbia University Press, 2005.

Dr. Jeanne Guillemin (author of Anthrax, the 1999 book that dealt with the 1979 Sverdlovsk biological accident) wrote this book for those interested in the modern history of biological warfare. She found that many people, including military professionals, were unaware of the development of biological weapons in different countries, so she compiled the history, development, and proliferation of bioterrorism in Great Britain, ...

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