Biological and Toxin Weapons Research, Development and Use from the Middle Ages To 1945

Name: Biological and Toxin Weapons Research, Development and Use from the Middle Ages To 1945
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ISBN: 9780198295792

ISBN-10: 0198295790

ISBN-13: 9780198295792

Edition: 1999

Authors: Erhard Geissler, John Ellis van Courtland Moon

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This interdisciplinary book analyses the origins of biological warfare planning and preparation up to the end of World War II. In the period between World War I and World War II, growing understanding of the propagation of disease lead to the fear that potential enemies might be developing biological weapons. Ultimately, several counries developed major biological warfare programmes during World War II. The relevance of these programmes to contemporary concerns is addressed. The World War II experiences related to biological weapons reinforce the arguments for adoption of a verification protocol to strengthen the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.

Book details

List price: $175.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Stockholms internationella fredsforskningsinstitut
Publication date: 11/25/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 8.19" wide x 11.65" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.760
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Contributors


Acronyms and abbreviations


Glossary of some major diseases and agents



Introduction




Biological warfare before 1914




Biological sabotage in World War I




Poland and biological weapons




French activities related to biological warfare, 1919-45




Biological warfare activities in Germany, 1923-45




The Japanese biological warfare programme: an overview




Military biology in the USSR, 1920-45




British biological warfare and biological defence, 1925-45




Canadian biological and toxin warfare research, development and planning, 1925-45




US biological warfare planning and preparedness: the dilemmas of policy




Lessons from the history of biological and toxin warfare



SIPRI publications on CBW