Biological War

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER There is an invisible weapon among us. By the time you know you are a victim, it has turned you into a killer. 'Even more perversely thrilling than Nuclear War: A Scenario ' Observer 'New Fear Unlocked . . . all too credible . . . the author's timing is impeccable' Sunday Times, Book of the Week A lab accident, a bio-attack, a global pandemic, and the collapse of human society. In this explosive new book, based on dozens of new interviews with experts with high-level political, governmental, medical, and military responsibility, Annie Jacobsen examines this very scenario. There is no mushroom cloud, no shock wave or blast. Instead, the scenario that could end the world as we know it begins with something so small and malicious, that when used for evil, only evil can result. This is what could happen; a roadmap to the hours, days, and weeks following the release of a biological agent, that serves as the most essential, forward-looking journalism in preparation for urgent societal upheaval. 'This book moves like a meteor' New York Times 'Biological War is difficult to put down, but it is even harder to stop thinking about once finished' Literary Review 'Important... persuasive and unnerving' New Yorker 'Energetic, detailed and disturbing . . . an engrossing, plausible book' The Economist ' Read this book. It is a better briefing on the problem than the one we received in Downing Street six years ago' Spectator

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER There is an invisible weapon among us. By the time you know you are a victim, it has turned you into a killer. 'Even more ghastly and perversely thrilling than Nuclear War: A Scenario ' Observer 'New Fear Unlocked . . . all too credible . . . the author's timing is impeccable' Sunday Times, Book of the Week A lab accident, a bio-attack, a global pandemic, and the collapse of human society. In this explosive new book, based on dozens of new interviews with experts with high-level political, governmental, medical, and military responsibility, Annie Jacobsen examines this very scenario. There is no mushroom cloud, no shock wave or blast. Instead, the scenario that could end the world as we know it begins with something so small and malicious, that when used for evil, only evil can result. This is what could happen; a roadmap to the hours, days, and weeks following the release of a biological agent, that serves as the most essential, forward-looking journalism in preparation for urgent societal upheaval. 'This book moves like a meteor' New York Times 'Biological War is difficult to put down, but it is even harder to stop thinking about once finished' Literary Review 'Important... persuasive and unnerving' New Yorker 'Energetic, detailed and disturbing . . . an engrossing, plausible book' The Economist ' Read this book. It is a better briefing on the problem than the one we received in Downing Street six years ago' Spectator

One of People's 15 Most Anticipated Books of Summer From Annie Jacobsen, the author of the bestselling Nuclear War: A Scenario , a book on a subject that has long orbited her reporting: biological warfare. A lab accident, a bio-attack, a global pandemic, and the collapse of human society. In this essential new book, based on dozens of new interviews with experts with high-level political, governmental, medical, and military responsibility, Annie Jacobsen examines this very scenario. It would be only a matter of days from such a global infection before the infrastructure built to handle this gravest of situations would be in a battle for human existence. The fallout: mass death, total societal breakdown, widespread insurrection, anarchy, and a plague-ravaged wasteland that no longer resembles modern civilization. In other words: dystopia. Following the gripping narrative style that launched Nuclear War to the New York Times bestseller list, Jacobsen looks deeply at a situation that is in some ways the opposite of a nuclear bomb: There is no mushroom cloud, no shock wave or blast. Instead, the scenario that could end the world as we know it begins with something so small, and something so malicious, that when used for evil, only evil can result. This is what could happen; a ticking-clock roadmap to the hours, days, and weeks following the release of a biological agent, that serves as the most essential, forward-looking journalism in preparation for urgent societal upheaval.

One of People's 15 Most Anticipated Books of Summer From Annie Jacobsen, the author of the bestselling Nuclear War: A Scenario , a book on a subject that has long orbited her reporting: biological warfare. A lab accident, a bio-attack, a global pandemic, and the collapse of human society. In this essential new book, based on dozens of new interviews with experts with high-level political, governmental, medical, and military responsibility, Annie Jacobsen examines this very scenario. It would be only a matter of days from such a global infection before the infrastructure built to handle this gravest of situations would be in a battle for human existence. The fallout: mass death, total societal breakdown, widespread insurrection, anarchy, and a plague-ravaged wasteland that no longer resembles modern civilization. In other words: dystopia. Following the gripping narrative style that launched Nuclear War to the New York Times bestseller list, Jacobsen looks deeply at a situation that is in some ways the opposite of a nuclear bomb: There is no mushroom cloud, no shock wave or blast. Instead, the scenario that could end the world as we know it begins with something so small, and something so malicious, that when used for evil, only evil can result. This is what could happen; a ticking-clock roadmap to the hours, days, and weeks following the release of a biological agent, that serves as the most essential, forward-looking journalism in preparation for urgent societal upheaval.