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Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War Paperback - 2002

by Judith Miller; Stephen Engelberg (Joint Author); William Broad (Joint Author)

Media coverage of the recent anthrax letter attacks has made Americans acutely aware that there is no terrorist threat more horrifying than germ weapons. "Germs" goes behind the headline stories, presenting an authoritative account of how germ warfare has been waged in the past and a gripping, often ominous glimpse at how it might be waged in the future.


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In this "engrossing, well-documented, and highly readable" (San Francisco Chronicle) New York Times bestseller, three veteran reporters draw on top sources inside and outside the U.S. government to reveal Washington's secret strategies for combating germ warfare and the deadly threat of biological and chemical weapons. Today Americans have begun to grapple with two difficult truths: that there is no terrorist threat more horrifying--and less understood--than germ warfare, and that it would take very little to mount a devastating attack on American soil. Featuring an inside look at how germ warfare has been waged throughout history and what form its future might take (and in whose hands), Germs reads like a gripping detective story told by fascinating key figures: American and Soviet medical specialists who once made germ weapons but now fight their spread, FBI agents who track Islamic radicals, the Iraqis who built Saddam Hussein's secret arsenal, spies who travel the world collecting lethal microbes, and scientists who see ominous developments on the horizon. With clear scientific explanations and harrowing insights, Germs is a vivid, masterfully written--and timely--work of investigative journalism.

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IT was noon on Sunday, September 9, 1984.

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  • Title Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War
  • Author Judith Miller; Stephen Engelberg (Joint Author); William Broad (Joint Author)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 2002-09-01
  • ISBN 9780684871592 / 0684871599
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 5.9 x 1 in (22.86 x 14.99 x 2.54 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Biological warfare - Safety measures -, Biological warfare - Research - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002725622
  • Dewey Decimal Code 358.380

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  • New York Times, 10/13/2002, Page 32

About the author

Judith Miller is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter formerly with the New York Times. She won an Emmy for her work on a Nova/New York Times documentary based on articles for her book Germs. Miller is the author of four books, two #1 bestsellers. She is the recipient of many awards, among them the Society of Professional Journalists' "First Amendment Award" for her protection of sources. An adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal, Miller is theater critic for Tablet magazine. Since 2008, she has been a commentator for Fox News. William J. Broad has practiced yoga since 1970. A bestselling author and senior writer at The New York Times, he has won every major award in print and television during more than thirty years as a science journalist. With New York Times colleagues, he has twice won the Pulitzer Prize, as well as an Emmy Award and a DuPont. He is the author or coauthor of seven books, including Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War, a #1 New York Times bestseller.
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