The Plague Makers: The Secret World of Biological Warfare - Softcover

Barnaby, Wendy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826412580 ISBN 13: 9780826412584

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2000

As chief executive of News International, Rupert Murdoch controls a global media empire which boasts some of the major players in newspapers, television, publishing and the movie business. In the English-speaking world, and increasingly in untapped but potentially lucrative markets such as China, he wields an influence as political kingmaker second to none.

Review:

"A readable and well-researched account, from a skilled science writer, of what one day might befall large numbers of us."
The Times Literary Supplement

."..even more relevant than it was in past editions..."
Bookwatch, December 2002

."..offers a gripping outline of 'public health in reverse' and how close societies have come to unleashing biomedical havoc on each other."
The Tampa Tribune, 9/24/02

Synopsis:

A science writer (who happens to be married to a defence analyst) discusses the growing threat of biological weapons, friendly nations' BW programs as well as Iraq's, defences, and progress toward international regulation through the BW Convention.

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0826412580
• ISBN 13: 9780826412584
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208