Balmer, Brian (Author)
Palgrave
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.
Review MacLeod, Roy (2003) Review of "Britain and Biological Warfare: Expert Advice and Science Policy, 1930--65". Science, Technology and Human Values (p. 171).
Review Guillemin, Jeanne (2002) Review of "Britain and Biological Warfare: Expert Advice and Science Policy, 1930--65". Social Studies of Science (p. 624).
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.
Review Holmberg, Gustav (2003) Review of "Britain and Biological Warfare: Expert Advice and Science Policy, 1930--65". Lychnos (pp. 358-359).
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