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Biological warfare and disarmament: new problems new perspectives

By:

WRIGHT Susan (Ed.)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Lanham, Md. USA: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002Description: 458pISBN:

0742524698 (pbk.):

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Summary: This collection of papers challenges the view that biological threats are only likely to come from rogue states and terrorists. Describes the origins and legacy of the major biological warfare and defence programmes of the former Soviet Union and the USA, and presents views from the Middle East, India, and China. Concludes with assessment of the existing mechanisms for control and disarmmanet including the Biological Weapons Convention.

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This collection of papers challenges the view that biological threats are only likely to come from rogue states and terrorists. Describes the origins and legacy of the major biological warfare and defence programmes of the former Soviet Union and the USA, and presents views from the Middle East, India, and China. Concludes with assessment of the existing mechanisms for control and disarmmanet including the Biological Weapons Convention.

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