Book summaries

Book #1
Deadly Cultures: Biological Weapons Since 1945
By Mark Wheelis
January 30, 2006
Obtained: May 14, 2007
This book goes through all biological weapons since 1945. It tells of institutes where research took place and goes into much detail on possible agents, and countries where the programs took place. The book was written by internationally-acclaimed scientists and researchers.





Book #2
Biological Weapons: From the Invention of State-sponsored Programs to Contemporary Bioterrorism
By Jeanne Guillemin
March 30, 2006
Obtained: May 14, 2007
This book focuses on specific outbreaks in countries such as Russia’s 1979 outbreak of anthrax and tells of how countries that have disbanded their programs have just kept stockpiles of the weapons lying around. An example is Russia, whose stockpile is lying around and is now available to terrorists around the globe.

Book #3
Biological Weapons Defense: Infectious Disease and Counterbioterrorism
By Luther E. Lindler, Frank J. Lebeda, George Korsch
December 10, 2004
Obtained: May 15, 2007
This book goes into detail about the different agents that have the potential to be used as biological weapons. It tells of the agents could be made to be delivered and the likelihood of this happening.