Book ID: CBB000100998

Britain and Biological Warfare: Expert Advice and Science Policy, 1930--65 (2001)

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Balmer, Brian (Author)


Palgrave


Publication Date: 2001
Physical Details: 246 pp., bibl., index
Language: English

Description Drawing on recently declassified documents, tells the history of biological weapons research and policy in the UK, including the history of germ warfare policy from the 1930s to the mid-1960s.


Reviewed By

Review MacLeod, Roy (2003) Review of "Britain and Biological Warfare: Expert Advice and Science Policy, 1930--65". Science, Technology and Human Values (p. 171). unapi

Review Guillemin, Jeanne (2002) Review of "Britain and Biological Warfare: Expert Advice and Science Policy, 1930--65". Social Studies of Science (p. 624). unapi

Review Dando, Malcolm (2003) Review of "Britain and Biological Warfare: Expert Advice and Science Policy, 1930--65". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences. unapi

Review Holmberg, Gustav (2003) Review of "Britain and Biological Warfare: Expert Advice and Science Policy, 1930--65". Lychnos (pp. 358-359). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Nicolaïdis, Efthymios
Chatzis, Konstantinos
Balmer, Brian
Armstrong, Melanie
Kevin Ruane
Anthony Rimmington
Concepts
Science and government
Government sponsored science
Biological warfare
Science and war; science and the military
Technology and government
Science and politics
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
18th century
Places
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Polar regions
Greece
Germany
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