Synopsis
Biohazard is a terrifying, fast-paced account of
tests and leaks, accidents and disasters in the labs, KGB
threats and assassinations. The book is full of
revelations--evidence of biowarfare programs in Cuba and
India, actual deployments at Stalingrad and in Afghanistan,
experiments with mood-altering agents, a contingency plan to
attack major American cities, and the true story behind the
mysterious anthrax outbreak in Sverdlovsk. But beyond these
is a twisted world of lies and mirrors, and the riveting
parable of the greatest perversion of science in history.
No one knows the actual capabilities of biological weapons
better than Dr. Alibek. Many of the scientists who worked
with him have been lured away from low-paying Russian labs to
rogue regimes and terrorist groups around the world. In our
lifetime, we will most likely see a terrorist attack using
biological weapons on an American city. Biohazard tells
us--in chilling detail--what to expect and what we can do.
Not since Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon has there been
such a book--a report from inside the belly of the beast.