Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. History of chemical and biological weapons. 3. Biological warfare bio terrorism bio defence and toxin weapons. 4. Biological warfare: threat of deliberate disease in 21st century. 5. Protocol to biological weapons convention. 6. Nuclear biological and chemical weapons effects. 7. Biological and chemical weapons: use in warfare impact on society and environment. 8. Biological and chemical warfare : weapons of mass destruction. 9. Political perspective of bio terrorism threat. 10. Role of antivirals in responding to biological threats. 11. Biological warfare: medieval and renaissance siege warfare. Bibliography. Index.
 
"Various evidences can be found for the existence of forms of chemical and biological warfare in ancient and classical periods. Many early accounts portray outbreaks of disease in invading armies among conquerors as divine intervention. In the world of today there are a number of countries across the world who are vowed to retaliate by developing biological weapons. The biological weapons include any organism such as bacteria viruses or fungi to toxin found in nature that can be used to kill or injure people. The book is an incisive manual on biological warfare." (jacket)