Biological Weapons: A Primer

by Steve Bowman

In the past decade, public and congressional concerns over biological weapons (BW) and bioterrorism in particular, have sharply increased. Though the use of living organisms to harm or kill humans, livestock or plants has never occurred on a large scale, many government officials are viewing a BW attack as a 'when, not if' scenario. This book examines the possible threat of BW use as well as the laws, regulations, and current federal programmes intended to combat a potential attack of this nature.

95 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001