Stock photo. Cover may not represent actual copy or condition available.

Germs

Biological Weapons and America's Secret War

by Judith Miller ; William J. Broad ; Stephen Engelberg

ISBN: 0684871580
ISBN-13: 9780684871585
Format: Hardcover

Summary

In this journalistic expose, three New York Times veterans reveal the history and danger of biochemical warfare and look at the complex web of politics that surrounds it-particularly the U.S government's state of preparedness. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.

Customer Reviews

Review this book!

Media Reviews

"...thorough, engaging, and important...."    -- Michael O'Hanlon

   -- Christian Science Monitor

"[GERMS] tells the story of biological weapons and the fight against them, using biography and historical narrative to make the issues clear and accessible. The tone is somewhat alarmist, but because of the care with which the authors have assembled their case, not to mention our...sense of what is possible, even skeptical readers may have trouble sleeping easily after they finish it."    -- Gideon Rose

   -- New York Times Book Review

"[The book's] three authors, all veteran New York Times reporters, have unquestionable pedigrees....[But] the main shortcoming of GERMS [is] its lack of context and perspective."    -- Bruce Hoffman

   -- Atlantic Monthly

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published date: 2001
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.35 pounds
Pages: 384

Publisher's Notes

Bio terrorism is the poor man's hydrogen bomb--a weapon of mass destruction that can be made in a laboratory and transported in a briefcase and can silently devastate entire populations. This chilling authoritative report reveals the spread of germ weaponry throughout the world and America's massive--and until now largely undisclosed--effort to stop it.

Other Editions

Hardcover - Simon & Schuster (2001) - from $1.00
Paperback Reprint - Simon & Schuster (2002) - from $1.00

Similar books

Body of Secrets
by James Bamford

A sober, hard-hitting examination of the National Security Agency takes readers inside this secretive body to reveal its operations and dirtiest secrets from the Cold War.

Building Big
by David Macaulay

David Macaulay, as only he can, engages readers' imaginations and gets them thinking about structures they see and use every day bridges, tunnels, skyscrapers, domes, and dams. In BUILDING BIG he focuses on the connections between the planning and design problems and the solutions that are finally reached.

Fatal Terrain
by Dale Brown

In Asia, all hell is breaking loose. Finally ready to flex its formidable muscle, the People's Republic of China has struck at Taiwan, and when the United States comes to Taiwan's aid, it is dealt a stunning setback. Emboldened, China begins to scoop up its lost territory in Asia, and sets into the effect an audacious military and geopolitical plan aimed at immobilizing the United States so it cannot retaliate. But the United States still has one card to play. Aerial strike warfare expert Patrick McLanahan and genius aerospace engineer Jon Masters have been working on plans to convert the Air Force's recently retired B-52 Stratofortress bomber fleet to the new EB-52 Megafortress "flying battleship" standard, designed to be a rapid-reaction global strike force. The plans are nowhere near ready - but now is not the time for hesitation. With a small band of civilian and military colleagues, McLanahan goes to work outfitting his minifleet of EB-52 Megafortress bombers with a payload of cutting-edge stealth cruise missiles. If there's anything that can turn the tide, these new missiles are it. But are they enough? And have they come too late?

Homesick
by Jean Fritz

"Fritz draws readers into scenes of her youth in the turbulent China of the mid-twenties. . . . the generous affection of her nurse/companion . . . her mother's grief over losing a second child, the dynamics of asuffering population venting its hostility on foreigners, and most of all, the loneliness of a child's exile from a homeland she has imagined constantly but never seen".--Booklist, starred review. Newbery Medal Honor Book; Boston Globe/Horn Book Award Honor Book.

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
by Eleanor Coerr

Sadako Sasaki was only twelve years old when she died. She was two when an atom bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima in Japan where she lived with her family. Ten years later, she died of leukemia as a result of the bomb. Today Sadako is a heroine to the children of Japan who visit her memorial in the Hiroshima Peace Park to leave the paper cranes they have made in her honor.

Ready to buy this book?

[30 Day Return Guarantee]

Below are all of the copies of 0684871580 we currently have available for purchase, sorted by lowest price first. If you would like to refine your search, use the advanced options in the search box above.

Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War

Miller, Judith; Broad, William J.; Engelberg, Stephen

SEARCH FOR USED & RARE BOOKS			↑ show basic search
Author:		Publisher:
Title:		ISBN:
Keywords:
Date between:	and	Binding:
	First edition Signed		With dust jacket

Price between:	and	Currency:
Sort results by:		Display:	results per page

Optional feature : Local Search
Search only booksellers within			miles of zip:

SEARCH FOR USED & RARE BOOKS