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

Barnaby, Wendy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904132103 ISBN 13: 9781904132103

Publisher: VISION Paperbacks, 2001

Synopsis

The reality of bioterror struck America and the world in October 2001, as dramatic headlines stirred a national fear of anthrax in the mail. Five people were killed and government mail was delayed for months. People across the country were stocking up on antibiotics to thwart the threat of biological warfare.

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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

Frightening new evidence shows how genetic engineering and other biological advances are helping to create new invisible weapons, capable of killing thousands of people. The author reveals who is behind these programmes, and how they can be stopped.

Edition details

• Publisher: VISION Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1904132103
• ISBN 13: 9781904132103
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 233