A higher form of killing : the secret history of chemical and biological warfare / Robert Harris and Jeremy Paxman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Robert, 1957-

Contributor:

Paxman, Jeremy, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical warfare--History.

Chemical warfare.

Biological warfare--History.

Biological warfare.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, 2002.

Summary:

A Higher Form of Killing opens with the first devastating battlefield use of lethal gas in World War I, and then investigates the stockpiling of biological weapons during World War II and in the decades afterward as well as the inhuman experiments conducted to test their effectiveness. This updated edition includes a new Introduction and a new final chapter exposing frightening developments in recent years, including the black market that emerged in chemical and biological weapons following the breakup of the Soviet Union, the acquisition of these weapons by various Third World states, the attempts of countries such as Iraq to build up arsenals, and -- particularly and most recently -- the use of these weapons in terrorist attacks.

Contents:

1 "Frightfulness" 3

2 The Serpent and the Flower 39

3 Hitler's Secret Weapon 55

4 A Plague on Your Children 70

5 The War That Never Was 109

6 New Enemies 140

7 The Search for the Patriotic Germ 152

8 The Rise and Rise of Chemical Weapons 176

9 The Tools of Spies 200

10 From Disarmament to Rearmament 219

11 Full Circle 240.

Notes:

Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 1982.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-281) and index.

ISBN:

0812966538

OCLC:

49356080