Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War

Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War is a #1 New York Times Nonfiction Best Seller. It was written by The New York Times journalists Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, and William Broad. Published in 2001 by Simon & Schuster, the book describes biological weapons, how humanity has dealt with them, and our present capabilities of handling bioterrorism. The nonfiction book, Germs, is a work of investigative journalism using biography a... more

Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War is a #1 New York Times Nonfiction Best Seller. It was written by The New York Times journalists Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, and William Broad. Published in 2001 by Simon & Schuster, the book describes biological weapons, how humanity has dealt with them, and our present capabilities of handling bioterrorism. The nonfiction book, Germs, is a work of investigative journalism using biography and historical narratives to present issues. The three authors' research is extensive, relying upon hundreds of interviews with scientists and senior U.S. officials, reviews of recently declassified documents, and reports from the former Soviet Union's bioweapons laboratories. The book begins by recounting the 1984 salmonella poisoning in The Dalles, Oregon, caused by the followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh spraying salmonella onto salad bars. There are several revelations, including how Moscow's scientists created an untraceable germ that... less