The Birth of the U.S. Biological-Warfare Program.

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  • Author(s): Bernstein, Barton J.
  • Source:
    Scientific American. Jun87, Vol. 256 Issue 6, p116. 6p. 3 Color Photographs, 3 Black and White Photographs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      BIOLOGICAL weapons; MILITARY weapons; MILITARY policy
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States
    • Abstract:
      Discusses the events that led to research on biological weapons in the U.S. as cited by recently declassified government files in 1987. Beginnings of the biological warfare program as an obscure operation in World War II; Range of chemical weapons that served as the focus of biological warfare research; Ethical and environmental concerns against the use of biological weapons.