Biological & Chemical Warfare 1

The Nuremberg trials were a series of military tribunals held after World War II by the Allied forces under international law and the laws of war. The trials were most notable for the prosecution of……続きを見る

The books in this series were written under the watchful eye of the official agencies involved in human experimentation and while using painful beamed weapons to thwart writing and publishing! This ……続きを見る

In "Science and the Great War," Edward Bagnall Poulton presents a compelling analysis of the profound impact of scientific advancements on the battlefield during World War I. Drawing upon a range of……続きを見る

B-29 Superfortress: The Plane that Won the War is the definitive work on the crucial role played by the super bomber during World War II. Author Gene Gurney takes the reader from the plane's incepti……続きを見る

In 'The Life of Uncle Billy: Autobiography of General Sherman', William Tecumseh Sherman provides a firsthand account of his experiences during the Civil War. Written in a reflective and often candi……続きを見る

Focusing on three forms of biological threat--bioterrorism, biocrime and biohacking--the author examines the history of biowarfare and terrorism. Groups drawn to biological aggression are discussed,……続きを見る

**“The bard of biological weapons captures the drama of the front lines.”ーRichard Danzig, former secretary of the navy The first major bioterror event in the United States-the anthrax attacks in Oc……続きを見る

Dopo cinquantotto giorni di quarantena e il progressivo allentamento delle disposizioni statali, Chiara Moretti prova a tirare le somme analizzando il ruolo attribuito alla responsabilità del singol……続きを見る

The Syrian war has been an example of the abuse and insufficient delivery of humanitarian assistance. According to international practice, humanitarian aid should be channelled through a state gover……続きを見る

Discover the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, in this Pulitzer Prize finalist from the author of the New York Times bestseller Area 51. No one has ever writ……続きを見る

This is a tale of military machination and scientific subterfuge, of combatants who disappeared without trace, and bizarre experiments carried out behind locked doors. In waging ‘total war’ during t……続きを見る

"I died in Vietnam, but I didn’t even know it," said a young Vietnam vet on the Today Show one morning in 1978, shocking viewers across the country. Waiting for an Army to Die: The Tragedy of Agent ……続きを見る

A sweeping history of tragic genius, cutting-edge science, and the Haber-Bosch discovery that changed billions of livesーincluding your own. At the dawn of the twentieth century, humanity was facing……続きを見る

Chemical Warfare during the Vietnam War documents the use of antipersonnel chemical weapons throughout the Vietnam War, and explores their effectiveness under the wide variety of circumstances in wh……続きを見る

The emir of Bukhara used assassin bugs to eat away the flesh of his prisoners. General Ishii Shiro during World War II released hundreds of millions of infected insects across China, ultimately caus……続きを見る

The emir of Bukhara used assassin bugs to eat away the flesh of his prisoners. General Ishii Shiro during World War II released hundreds of millions of infected insects across China, ultimately caus……続きを見る

Even fifteen years after the end of the Cold War, it is still hard to grasp that we no longer live under its immense specter. For nearly half a century, from the end of World War II to the early 199……続きを見る

A history of weapons of mass destruction from the First World War to the Gulf War - and beyond. 'Describes the world we live in, the evils we have to fight' CONTEMPORARY REVIEW 'The list is endless,……続きを見る

In 'Abolishing the Taboo', Brian Madison Jones takes a new look at the integral role played by Dwight D. Eisenhower in the creation of a new nuclear creed for the United States during the Cold War. ……続きを見る

Cassidy's Run is the riveting story of one of the best-kept secrets of the Cold Warーan espionage operation mounted by Washington against the Soviet Union that ran for twenty-three years. At the hig……続きを見る

In this important and revelatory book, Jonathan Tucker, a leading expert on chemical and biological weapons, chronicles the lethal history of chemical warfare from World War I to the present. At the……続きを見る

According to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents, over 4000 Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) were found, secured, and destroyed in Iraq from 2003 to 2009. This information was originally cl……続きを見る

“Read and be amazed. . . . An important and fascinating look into a terrifying world of which we were blissfully unaware.”ーRobin Cook, author of Contagion Anthrax. Smallpox. Incurable and horrifyin……続きを見る

Throughout the course of human history, disease and pestilence have killed far more people than wars ever have. It was only within recent decades, however, that political and military leaders have m……続きを見る

Landmines, cluster-bombs, chemical pollutants, and other remnants of war continue to cause death to humans and damage to the environment long after the guns have fallen silent. From the jungles of V……続きを見る

This book provides an article-by-article commentary on the text of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and its Annexes, one of the cornerstone disarmament and arms control agreements. It requires ……続きを見る

The world first heard of Klaus Fuchs, the head of theoretical physics at the British Research Establishment at Harwell in February 1950 when he appeared at the Old Bailey, accused of passing secrets……続きを見る

In riveting and revelatory detail, Aftermath documents the ways in which wars have transformed the terrain of the battlefield into landscapes of memory and enduring terror: in France, where millions……続きを見る

A Higher Form of Killing opens with the first devastating battlefield use of lethal gas in World War I, and then investigates the stockpiling of biological weapons during World War II and in the dec……続きを見る

In six weeks during April and May 1915, as World War I escalated, Germany forever altered the way war would be fought. On April 22, at Ypres, German canisters spewed poison gas at French and Canadia……続きを見る