The New Terror: Facing the Threat of Biological and Chemical Weapons

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The New Terror: Facing the Threat of Biological and Chemical Weapons edited by Sidney D. Drell, Abraham D. Sofaer, and George D. Wilson. Hoover Institution Press (http://wwwhoover.stanford.edu/presswebsite/hooverpress2.html), Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-6010, 1999, 511 pages, $24.00.

New books covering the subject of biological and chemical weapons (BCW) are now coming out weekly. Although most of them rehash the subject in a different format or sensationalize the horrifying potential of these weapons, this work is fundamentally different. It provides new information not found in other works. A must read for the soldier, statesman, first r ponder, or others …