Jeanne Guillemin: 4 books
Biological Weapons
From the Invention of State-Sponsored Programs to Contemporary Bioterrorism
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2004
Until the events of September 11 and the anthrax attacks of 2001, biological weapons had never been a major public concern in the United States. Today, the possibility of their use by terrorists against Western states looms large as an international security concern. In Biological Weapons, Jeanne...
Hidden Atrocities
Japanese Germ Warfare and American Obstruction of Justice at the Tokyo Trial
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
In the aftermath of World War II, the Allied intent to bring Axis crimes to light led to both the Nuremberg trials and their counterpart in Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal of the Far East. Yet the Tokyo Trial failed to prosecute imperial Japanese leaders for the worst of war crimes: inhumane...
American Anthrax
Fear, Crime, and the Investigation of the Nation's Deadliest Bioterror Attack
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
From Jeanne Guillemin, one of the world's leading experts on anthrax and bioterrorism, the definitive account of the anthrax investigation
It was the most complex case in FBI history. In what became a seven-year investigation that began shortly after 9/11—with America reeling from the terror...
Making Threats
Biofears and Environmental Anxieties
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
Today we live in times of proliferating fears. The daily updates on the ongoing 'war on terror' amplify fear and anxiety as if they were necessary and important aspects of our reality. Concerns about the environment increasingly take center-stage, as stories and images abound about deadly viruses,...