Biological and Toxin Weapons

Research, Development and Use from the Middle Ages to 1945

Erhard Geissler, John Ellis van Courtland Moon (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

296 Seiten

1999
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-829579-2 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.1999
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	209 x 296 mm
Gewicht	765 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-19-829579-0 / 0198295790
ISBN-13	978-0-19-829579-2 / 9780198295792
Zustand	Neuware