Biological Weapons: Limiting The Threat; Editor: Lederberg, Joshua S.; Introduction: Lederberg, Joshua S.; Paperback

Editor: Lederberg, Joshua S.; Introduction: Lederberg, Joshua S.
Bcsia Studies in International Security; Paperback
300 pages
Published: June 1999
The MIT Press
ISBN: 0262621282

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 inJapan 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 Medical Association, examine the medical, scientific, and political dimensions of limiting the threat posed by biological weapons. The contributors consider the current threat posed by biologicalweapons, the history of attempts to control them, episodes in which biological agents have been used, Iraq's biological warfare program, and policies that the United States might pursue to reduce theThe essays in this book examine the medical, scientific, and political dimensions of limiting the threat posed by biological weapons. Examines the medical, scientific and political dimensions of limiting the threat posed by biological weapons. The text considers the history of attempts to control them, episodes where biological agents have been used, Iraq's warfare programme and policies the US might pursue to reduce the threat.