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- catalog abstract "The book begins with the first devastating battlefield use of lethal gas in World War I, and then investigates the stockpiling of biological weapons during World War II and in the decades afterward as well as the inhuman experiments conducted to test their effectiveness. This updated edition includes a new Introduction and a new final chapter exposing frightening developments in recent years, including the black market that emerged in chemical and biological weapons following the breakup of the Soviet Union, the acquisition of these weapons by various Third World states, the attempts of countries such as Iraq to build up arsenals, and the use of these weapons in terrorist attacks.".
- catalog contributor b12718459.
- catalog contributor b12718460.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description "Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Frightfulness -- 2. The serpent and the flower -- 3. Hitler's secret weapon -- 4. A plague on your children -- 5. The war that never was -- 6. New enemies -- 7. The search for the patriotic germ -- 8. The rise and rise of chemical weapons -- 9. The tools of spies -- 10. From disarmament to rearmament -- 11. Full circle -- Notes -- Permissions acknowledgments -- Index.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-281) and index.".
- catalog description "The book begins with the first devastating battlefield use of lethal gas in World War I, and then investigates the stockpiling of biological weapons during World War II and in the decades afterward as well as the inhuman experiments conducted to test their effectiveness. This updated edition includes a new Introduction and a new final chapter exposing frightening developments in recent years, including the black market that emerged in chemical and biological weapons following the breakup of the Soviet Union, the acquisition of these weapons by various Third World states, the attempts of countries such as Iraq to build up arsenals, and the use of these weapons in terrorist attacks.".
- catalog extent "301 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0812966538 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks,".
- catalog subject "2010 I-153".
- catalog subject "358/.34/09 21".
- catalog subject "Biological Warfare History.".
- catalog subject "Biological warfare History.".
- catalog subject "Chemical Warfare History.".
- catalog subject "Chemical warfare History.".
- catalog subject "UG 447".
- catalog subject "UG447 .H367 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Frightfulness -- 2. The serpent and the flower -- 3. Hitler's secret weapon -- 4. A plague on your children -- 5. The war that never was -- 6. New enemies -- 7. The search for the patriotic germ -- 8. The rise and rise of chemical weapons -- 9. The tools of spies -- 10. From disarmament to rearmament -- 11. Full circle -- Notes -- Permissions acknowledgments -- Index.".
- catalog title "A higher form of killing : the secret history of chemical and biological warfare / Robert Harris and Jeremy Paxman.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".