Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War - Softcover

Miller, Judith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0684871599 ISBN 13: 9780684871592

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2002

Synopsis

In the wake of the anthrax letters following the attacks on the World Trade Center, Americans have begun to grapple with two difficult truths: that there is no terrorist threat more horrifying -- and less understood -- than germ warfare, and that it would take very little to mount a devastating attack on American soil. In Germs, three veteran reporters draw on top sources inside and outside the U.S. government to lay bare Washington's secret strategies for combating this deadly threat. Featuring an inside look at how germ warfare has been waged throughout history and what form its future might take (and in whose hands), Germs reads like a gripping detective story told by fascinating key figures: American and Soviet medical specialists who once made germ weapons but now fight their spread, FBI agents who track Islamic radicals, the Iraqis who built Saddam Hussein's secret arsenal, spies who travel the world collecting lethal microbes, and scientists who see ominous developments on the horizon. With clear scientific explanations and harrowing insights, Germs is a masterfully written -- and timely -- work of investigative journalism.

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Review:

William Safire The New York Times The most important book of the year.

Jeff Stein The Washington Post Book World Compelling and highly readable...an authoritative book.

David Perlman San Francisco Chronicle Engrossing, well-documented, and highly readable....Both a revelation and a history; [the] authors are both skilled reporters and tellers of vivid stories.

Synopsis:

Presents an account of germ weaponry around the globe, including the Soviet Union's biological weapons program that contains an abundance of anthrax germs, and the United States' attempt to put an end to these efforts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0684871599
• ISBN 13: 9780684871592
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416