A Higher Form of Killing by Jeremy Paxman - ISBN: 9780099441595
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Insidious weapons threaten a new generation: chemical and biological warfare exposed.

A Higher Form of Killing

The Secret History of Chemical and Biological Warfare

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    5 April 2002

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Summary

The secret story of chemical and biological warfare.

A Higher Form of Killing was first published to great acclaim in 1982. The authors have written a new Introduction and a new Epilogue to take account of the events that have happened since the early 1980s - including the break-up of the former Soviet Union and the black market that appeared in chemical and biological weapons, the acquisition of these weapons by various Third World states, the attempts of various countries l…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780099441595
ISBN-10:0099441594
Author:Jeremy Paxman, Robert Harris
Publisher:Cornerstone
Imprint:Arrow Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:5 April 2002
Weight:237g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 20mm
Series:Dark Shadows S.
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Compelling… the authors make clear why governments have shrouded such weapon programmes in even more secrecy than their nuclear work. * Financial Times *
An absorbing and unsettling history, an exhaustive exploration of a little-known but potentially apocalyptic aspect of warfare, the whole thing carrying the punch of Armageddon. It reminds us that the world could end not with a nuclear bang but in whimpers of fevered agony. * Chicago Sun-Times *
The best account of gas and germ warfare available for the lay reader * Washington Post *

About The Author

Jeremy Paxman

Robert Harris is the bestselling author of FATHERLAND, ENIGMA and ARCHANGEL. He is also a respected journalist. Jeremy Paxman is the author of the bestselling book THE ENGLISH. He is a regular radio and TV presenter, most notably for Newsnight. Robert Harris and Jeremy Paxman initially worked together on this book when they were both reporters for Panorama.

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