Biological Weapons

This book serves as an excellent introduction to the problems biological weapons pose for contemporary policy makers and public officials, particularly in the United States. How can we best deter the use of such weapons? What are the resulting policies of the Department of Homeland Security? How can we constrain proliferation? Jeanne Guillemin points out that these are vitally important questions to consider and investigate - all the more so because the development of these weapons has been carried out under a veil of secrecy, with their frightening potential open to exploitation by the media and government. Public awareness can help calm fears in today's tension-filled climate and promote constructive political action to reduce the risks of a biological weapons catastrophe.