Biological Weapons
Subtitle: From the Invention of State-Sponsored Programs to Contemporary Bioterrorism
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: March 16, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780231129435
Subjects: Arms negotiation & control; Chemical & biological weapons; History of specific subjects; Technology; Politics / Current Events; Science/Mathematics; International Relations - Arms Control; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism; Political Science / Political Freedom & Security / General; Military - Biological & Chemical Warfare; Military Science
First sentence: For most of history, people have believed that the transmission of disease is a mysterious phenomenon controlled not by humans but by the gods, witchcraft, or fate.