TY - GEN N2 - The threat of biological weapons has never attracted as much public attention as in the past five years. Yet there has been little historical analysis of such weapons over the past half-century. Deadly Cultures sets out to fill this gap by analyzing the historical developments since 1945 and addressing three central issues: why states have continued or begun programs for acquiring biological weapons, why states have terminated biological weapons programs, and how states have demonstrated that they have truly terminated their biological weapons programs. DO - 10.4159/9780674045132 DO - doi AB - The threat of biological weapons has never attracted as much public attention as in the past five years. Yet there has been little historical analysis of such weapons over the past half-century. Deadly Cultures sets out to fill this gap by analyzing the historical developments since 1945 and addressing three central issues: why states have continued or begun programs for acquiring biological weapons, why states have terminated biological weapons programs, and how states have demonstrated that they have truly terminated their biological weapons programs. T1 - Deadly Cultures :Biological Weapons since 1945 / AU - Rózsa, Lajos, AU - Dando, Malcolm, AU - Rozsa, Lajos, AU - WHEELIS, Mark, JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014 JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2015 CN - UG447.8 -- D43 2006eb LA - eng LA - In English. ID - 1478778 KW - Biological weapons KW - Biological weapons KW - HISTORY / Military / Biological & Chemical Warfare. SN - 9780674045132 TI - Deadly Cultures :Biological Weapons since 1945 / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674045132 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674045132 ER -