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1997

Format:	Book
Author:	Cole, Leonard A., 1933-2022.
Title:	The eleventh plague : the politics of biological and chemical warfare / Leonard A. Cole.
Publisher, Date:	New York : W.H. Freeman, ©1997.
Description:	284 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:	"Explores the conflict between moral behavior and national security as it relates to chemical and biological warfare, arguing that the compromise of moral principles on the issue has led to greater insecurity around the world, and expressing the need to foster a universal sense of revulsion for poison weapons."
Subjects:	Biological warfare. Chemical warfare. Biological weapons -- Iraq. Disarmament. Emergency management.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-272) and index.
Contents:	1. Introduction: Testing Ourselves -- 2. Old Tests, Failed Ethics -- 3. Is It Safe? -- 4. The Utah Experience -- 5. Iraq's Wake-Up Call -- 6. Israel in Gas Masks -- 7. Unanswered Questions -- 8. Tools of Terror -- 9. Banning Weapons, Catching Cheaters -- 10. Biological War, Biological Peace -- 11. Morality, Repugnance, and Biological Warfare.
Web Site:	Table of contents
LCCN:	96024094
ISBN:	0716729504 9780716729501 0716733013 9780716733010
Other Number:	35042948
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Control Number:	56615
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Call Number:	358.38 Cole

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