Scourge
Subtitle: the once and future threat of smallpox
By: Jonathan Tucker
Edition: 1st Grove ed.
Publisher: Grove
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780802139399
Subjects: Biological weapons; Smallpox; History
Notes: "Includes a new afterword about the recent developments in bioterrorism" -- cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Monster on Death Row -- -- 2.; title: Smallpox and Civilization -- -- 3.; title: Dr. Jenner's Vaccine -- -- 4.; title: Launching the Crusade -- -- 5.; title: Global Eradication -- -- 6.; title: Long Road to Zero -- -- 7.; title: Realm of the Final Inch -- -- 8.; title: The Soviet Betrayal -- -- 9.; title: Stay of Execution -- -- 10.; title: Washington Reconsiders -- -- 11.; title: Decision in Geneva -- -- 12.; title: The Unfinished Conquest.