Book ID: CBB693385819

Germ Wars: The Politics of Microbes and America's Landscape of Fear (2017)

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Armstrong, Melanie (Author)


University of California Press


Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 304 pages
Language: English

The United States government has spent billions of dollars to prepare the nation for bioterrorism despite the extremely rare occurrence of biological attacks in modern American history. Germ Wars argues that bioterrorism has emerged as a prominent fear in the modern age, arising with the production of new forms of microbial nature and the changing practices of warfare. In the last century, revolutions in biological science have made visible a vast microscopic world, and in this same era we have watched the rise of a global war on terror.  Germ Wars demonstrates that these movements did not occur separately but are instead deeply entwined—new scientific knowledge of microbes makes possible new mechanisms of war. Whether to eliminate disease or create weapons, the work to harness and control germs and the history of these endeavors provide an important opportunity for investigating how biological natures shape modern life. Germ Wars aims to convince students and scholars as well as policymakers and activists that the ways in which bioterrorism has been produced have consequences for how people live in this world of unspecifiable risks.

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Authors & Contributors
Kurtulmus, A Faik
Irzik, Gürol
Guillemin, Jeanne
Powers, Michael J.
Ban, Jonathan
Graff, Garrett M.
Concepts
Science and politics
Science and war; science and the military
Science and government
Government sponsored science
Biological weapons
Public policy
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
20th century
Places
United States
Japan
China
Russia
Europe
Vietnam
Institutions
United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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