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Pathogens for War
Biological Weapons, Canadian Life Scientists, and North American Biodefence
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Pathogens for War
Biological Weapons, Canadian Life Scientists, and North American Biodefence
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Pathogens for War explores how Canada and its allies have attempted to deal with the threat of germ warfare, one of the most fearful weapons of mass destruction, since the Second World War.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Canada’s Role in Allied Biological Warfare Planning in the Second World War
- 2 Bioweapons in the Cold War: Scientific Research, Civil Defence, and International Controversy
- 3 Operational Biological Weapons and Alliance Cooperation, 1955–1969
- 4 Canada and BW Disarmament: National and International Developments, 1968–1975
- 5 Triple Threats: Biowarfare, Terrorism, and Pandemics, 1970–1985
- 6 Preventing Germ Warfare in the Age of the Biotechnology Revolution
- 7 Biodefence after 9/11: Old Problems and New Directions
- Conclusion
- List of Biological Agents and Toxins
- Biographical Profile of Key Biowarfare Scientists
- Notes
- Glossary of Terms
- Note on Sources
- Primary Sources
- Index