Clouds of Secrecy The Army's Germ Warfare Tests over Populated Areas

Name: Clouds of Secrecy The Army's Germ Warfare Tests over Populated Areas
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ISBN: 9780822630012

ISBN-10: 082263001X

ISBN-13: 9780822630012

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Authors: Leonard A. Cole

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List price: $19.95
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/2/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 6.36" wide x 8.94" long x 0.64" tall
Weight: 0.638

Leonard A. Cole is Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. He is an expert on bioterrorism and terror medicine and author of seven books, most recently The Anthrax Letters: A Medical Detective Story. He lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey.



Foreword



Preface



Overview



Clouds of Secrecy: Introduction



Infecting the Enemy: Biological Warfare in the Past, and the Road to Testing



Tests and Legacies



Living near Gruinard Island



Fort Detrick's Mysteries



The Army's Germ Warfare Simulants: How Dangerous Are They?



Airborne in the U.S.A.: Open Air Vulnerability Tests in Minneapolis, St. Louis, and the New York City Subway System



The Government on Trial



Edward Nevin and the Spraying of San Francisco



The Trial



New Fears, Old Responses



Terror or Error: The Yellow Rain Puzzle



Engineering Genes for Defense: Recombinant DNA Technology and Biological Warfare



Return to Testing: Field Experiments, the Dugway Issue, and Ethical Questions



Worries and Ambiguities


Appendices



Excerpts: "Information for Members of Congress: U.S. Army Activities in the U.S. Biological Warfare Program," March 8, 1977



Excerpts: Army report included in Hearings before the Senate Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research, March 8 and May 23, 1977



Excerpts: Reports by Dr. Stephen Weitzman and Dr. J. Mehsen Joseph that refute the army's contentions about the safety of its testing program over populated areas



Excerpts: Current open air testing from "Biological Defense Program," a report by the Department of Defense, May 1986


Index