Title: Spores, plagues and history : the story of anthrax /
Authors: Holmes, Chris, 1941-
Publisher: Durban House Pub.,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Anthrax history; Biological Warfare history; Disease Outbreaks history; Anthrax History.; Anthrax Vaccination; Epidemiology History.; Communicable diseases Social aspects History.; Biological weapons.; Anthrax History.; Bacillus anthracis History.; Bioterrorism
Contents: An Act of Terror -- Spores, Hoaxes and the Hunt for the Terrorist -- The View from the Petri Dish -- Moses and the Ten Plagues of Egypt -- The Plague of Athens, 430 B.C. -- The Death of Alexander The Great, 323 B.C. -- The Black Death, 1346-1350 -- The Industrial Revolution, Public Health, and Woolsorter's Disease, Part I -- Woolsorter's Disease, Part II -- Koch -- Pasteur -- The Dawn of Biological Weapons -- WWII and the Japanese Unit at Ping Fan -- America's Biological Weapons Program -- Biopreparat -- Accident at Sverdlovsk, April, 1979 -- Saddam -- Are we prepared for the Next One? -- Final Thoughts.