Item K/PP178/9/1/6 - Reference material on chemical and biological weapons, 1968-1997

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K/PP178/9/1/6

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Reference material on chemical and biological weapons, 1968-1997

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  • 1968 - 1997 (Creation)

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1 file

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Draft and published articles, press cuttings and related correspondence on chemical and biological weapons, including: draft text, ‘A new perspective on war: chemical and biological warfare: a study with special reference to Vietnam’, by John Cookson and Judith Nottingham, 1968; article by Matthew Meselson, ‘Chemical and biological weapons’, published in Scientific American, 1970; briefing notes issues by the Russell Committee against chemical weapons, ‘Oppose a new arms race’, 1981; article by Barbara Hatch Rosenberg, ‘Updating the biological weapons ban’, published in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1987

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A significant portion of the collection items are available online in the Maurice Wilkins and Medical Research Council Biophysics Unit archive hosted by the Wellcome Library.

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