From Biological Warfare To Healthcare
Subtitle: Porton Down 1940-2000
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: February 23, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780333753835
Subjects: British & Irish history: from c 1900 -; Chemical & biological weapons; History of science; 20th century; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Science; History: World; British Isles; Wiltshire; Military - Biological & Chemical Warfare; Research & Methodology; Political Science / Arms Control; International Relations - Arms Control; Bacteriology; Biological warfare; Centre for Applied Microbiolog; Chemical and Biological Defenc; Chemical warfare; Great Britain; History; Research
First sentence: Hidden from view on the edge of the southern chalk downlands in Wiltshire is an establishment which was once so secret that very few knew of its existence, let alone of tis purpose.