Erhard Geißler Knihy

As genetic engineering and other biotechnologies have developed, so has the potential for biological and toxin warfare. In this book, experts from both East and West discuss the development of these powerful agents of mass destruction as well as the creation of vaccines against them. Payingparticular attention to the provisions of the 1975 Biological Weapons Convention, this study concludes with policy recommendations designed to strengthen the treaty and prevent the future military use of bioscience discoveries.

Here, experts in disarmament, epidemiology, molecular genetics, and virology evaluate the extent to which confidence-building measures contribute to preventing or reducing the occurrence of ambiguities, doubts, and suspicions about compliance with the biological weapons convention.