Germs: Organic Weapons and America’s Secret Conflict

Within the wake of the anthrax letters following the assaults on the World Commerce Middle, People have begun to grapple with two troublesome truths: that there is no such thing as a terrorist menace extra horrifying — and fewer understood — than germ warfare, and that it could take little or no to mount a devastating assault on American soil. In
Germs, three veteran reporters draw on prime sources inside and out of doors the U.S. authorities to put naked Washington’s secret methods for combating this lethal menace.

That includes an inside have a look at how germ warfare has been waged all through historical past and what kind its future may take (and in whose palms),
Germs reads like a gripping detective story informed by fascinating key figures: American and Soviet medical specialists who as soon as made germ weapons however now struggle their unfold, FBI brokers who monitor Islamic radicals, the Iraqis who constructed Saddam Hussein’s secret arsenal, spies who journey the world accumulating deadly microbes, and scientists who see ominous developments on the horizon. With clear scientific explanations and harrowing insights,
Germs is a masterfully written — and well timed — work of investigative journalism.