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Deadly Cultures

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Description for Deadly Cultures Hardcover. Provides the lessons from history that we urgently need in order to strengthen the long standing prohibition of biological weapons. Editor(s): Wheelis, Mark; Rozsa, Lajos; Dando, Malcolm R. Num Pages: 496 pages, 14 line illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBW; JWMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 844.

The 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.

Deadly Cultures sets out to fill this gap by analyzing the historical developments since 1945 and addressing three central issues: Why have states ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674016996
SKU
V9780674016996
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About Lajos Ro´zsa
Mark Wheelis is Senior Lecturer in the Section of Microbiology at the University of California, Davis. Lajos Rózsa is senior researcher, Animal Ecology Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. Malcolm Dando is Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, England.

Reviews for Deadly Cultures
Deadly Cultures is written eloquently and has been edited superbly. The chapters have a uniform style and organization; scientific and political terminology is used in a consistent and correct manner throughout; and abbreviations are used only where absolutely necessary. In contrast to most other books on bioweapons, the editors have almost always used up-to-date taxonomy of biological agents, as well ... Read more

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