Two topics are covered especially well in this book. One is the nature
and extent of the Soviet program in biological warfare. Ken Alibek (a.k.a.
Kanatjan Alibekov), who had a high position in the Soviet program, defected
in 1992. Also, there have been official inspections of biological facilities
by U.S. experts since the end of the Cold War. All of this is recounted
in great detail. The other topic is the secret South African program in
biological warfare during the 1980s, which involved one Dr. Wouter Basson.
In recent years the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has brought much
of this story to light, and we now know that the apartheid security services
actively used biological warfare against their enemies around the world.
Other chapters concern the UNSCOM weapons inspection programs in Iraq,
the situation in North Korea, and the Aum Shinrikyo cult in Japan. These
chapters are much less detailed and seem somewhat alarmist.
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