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The atom bomb took more than 10 years to go from scientific conception to reality. It begins with a history of the ancient and medieval use in warfare of biological weapons and goes on to explain how governments and terrorist factions have refined this practice to include biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons as a means of. Weapons of mass instruction john taylor gatto has been a hero of mine for years. Weapons of mass destruction by facts on file, hardcover.
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