Brian Balmer

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BOOK REVIEWS Britain and Biological Warfare: Expert advice and science policy – 1930-65

WHAT CAN YOU SAY to those who say that you can “cook up” biological warfare agents in the kitchen and kill thousands? Try positioning this account of the nascent British program from before World War II alongside Ken Alibek’s account of the Soviet program (as told in Biohazard from Random House). What comes through such… Read more »

By Brian Balmer In   Issue Volume 13 No. 2 Doi No https://doi-ds.org/doilink/04.2023-57887622/JMVH Vol 13 No 2

Britain and Biological Warfare: Expert advice and science policy – 1930 – 65

WHAT CAN YOU SAY to those who say that you can “cook up” biological warfare agents in the kitchen and kill thousands? Try positioning this account of the nascent British program from before World War II alongside Ken Alibek’s account of the Soviet program (as told in “Biohazard” from Random House). What comes through such… Read more »

By Brian Balmer In   Issue Volume 11 No. 1 Doi No https://doi-ds.org/doilink/06.2023-25265854/JMVH Vol 11 No 1