
Germs
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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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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.
Content
- Intro
- Back Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: The Attack
- Chapter 2: Warrior
- Chapter 3: Revelations
- Chapter 4: Saddam
- Chapter 5: Secrets and Lies
- Chapter 6: The Cult
- Chapter 7: Evil Empire
- Chapter 8: Breakthrough
- Chapter 9: Taking Charge
- Chapter 10: The President
- Chapter 11: Defenders
- Chapter 12: The Future
- Afterword
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
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