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9780198295792

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

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  • ISBN13:

    9780198295792

  • ISBN10:

    0198295790

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-11-25
  • Publisher: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

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Summary

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 developingbiological 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 averification protocol to strengthen the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.

Author Biography


Erhard Geissler is Professor of Genetics & Head of the Bioethical Research Group, Max Delbruck Centre for Molecular Medicine, Berlin-Buch.
John Ellis van Courtland Moon is Professor of History Emeritus, Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Contributors
Acronyms and abbreviations
Glossary of some major diseases and agents
Introductionp. 1
Biological warfare before 1914p. 8
Biological sabotage in World War Ip. 35
Poland and biological weaponsp. 63
French activities related to biological warfare, 1919-45p. 70
Biological warfare activities in Germany, 1923-45p. 91
The Japanese biological warfare programme: an overviewp. 127
Military biology in the USSR, 1920-45p. 153
British biological warfare and biological defence, 1925-45p. 168
Canadian biological and toxin warfare research, development and planning, 1925-45p. 190
US biological warfare planning and preparedness: the dilemmas of policyp. 215
Lessons from the history of biological and toxin warfarep. 255
SIPRI publications on CBWp. 277
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