Modern resonances of Imperial Germany's biological-warfare sabotage campaign, 1915–18. Issue 4 (1st September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ewin, Toby
• Is Part Of: Nonproliferation review. Volume 27:Issue 4/6(2020)
• Page Start: 277
• Page End: 287
• Publication Date: 2020-09-01
• Subjects: World War I -- Imperial Germany -- sabotage -- anthrax -- glanders -- biological warfare -- biological weapons; 327.17405
• DOI: 10.1080/10736700.2020.1866874
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1073-6700

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article summarizes published and archival information about Imperial Germany's attempts to infect draft animals in some Allied and neutral countries with anthrax and glanders during World War I. It casts doubt on claims that the Isle of Man was among the places affected. It considers the extent to which contemporary terrorist activity more closely resembles German biological sabotage plots than it does most modern state weapons-of-mass-destruction programs.