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The Biology of Doom: The History of America's Secret Germ Warfare Project
by Regis, Ed
- Used
- first
- Condition
- very good, very good
- ISBN 10
- 0805057641
- ISBN 13
- 9780805057645
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1999. First Edition. First Printing. very good, very good. 259, selected sources, index, pencil erasure on front endpaper, DJ slightly worn and soiled. This in-depth study of America's research into biological warfare begins before World War II, and reveals the importance that came to be placed on the program during the Cold War. The author reports that this research included experiments on unwitting human subjects as well as the actual use of chemical agents in combat, as in the Korean War. A close study of America's secret biological warfare weapons and projects, from their origins during World War II to their abrupt cancellation in 1969, those employed in these endeavours, the types of pathogens developed and tested, the worst of the toxins and agents, the stockpiles, the intense secrecy, much more.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43854
- Title
- The Biology of Doom: The History of America's Secret Germ Warfare Project
- Author
- Regis, Ed
- Book Condition
- Used - very good, very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0805057641
- ISBN 13
- 9780805057645
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Germ Warfare, Anthrax, Ira Baldwin, Camp Detrick, Fort Detrick, CIA, Dugway, Norbert Fell, Biological Warfare
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- First Edition
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