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9781442664982
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1442664983
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Explores how Canada and its allies have attempted to deal with the threat of germ warfare since WWII. Avery investigates the relationship between bioweapons, poison gas, and nuclear devices, as well as the connection beetween bioattacks and natural disease pandemics
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction -- 1 Canada's Role in Allied Biological Warfare Planning in the Second World War -- 2 Bioweapons in the Cold War: Scientific Research, Civil Defence, and International Controversy -- 3 Operational Biological Weapons and Alliance Cooperation, 1955-1969 -- 4 Canada and BW Disarmament: National and International Developments, 1968-1975 -- 5 Triple Threats: Biowarfare, Terrorism, and Pandemics, 1970-1985 -- 6 Preventing Germ Warfare in the Age of the Biotechnology Revolution -- 7 Biodefence after 9/11: Old Problems and New Directions Conclusion -- List of Biological Agents and Toxins -- Biographical Profile of Key Biowarfare Scientists -- Glossary of terms.
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ISBN 9780802089717
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ISBN 9781442614246
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ISBN 0802089712
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ISBN 1442614242
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Avery, Donald H Pathogens for War : Biological Weapons, Canadian Life Scientists, and North American Biodefence Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2000 ISBN 9780802089717
Sprache:
Englisch
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