Living Weapons: Biological Warfare and International Security

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Koblentz, Gregory D. Living Weapons: Biological Warfare and International Security. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell Univ. Press, 2009. 272pp. $35

Gregory D. Koblentz, the deputy director of the Biodefense Graduate Program and assistant professor of government and politics at George Mason University, has written an outstanding analysis of one of the most significant national security challenges of the modern era. The author devotes five crisp chapters, written in easily understandable terms, to the complexities of the potential use of biologicals in modern warfare.

He describes the national security implications of the potential use of biological weapons by state actors as well as …