Germ Wars: The Politics of Microbes and America's Landscape of Fear Volume 2

by Melanie Armstrong

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520292774
• ISBN13: 9780520292772
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"