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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherUnknown Publisher
ISBN-101868723410
ISBN-139781868723416
eBay Product ID (ePID)30897004
Product Key Features
Book TitleSecrets and Lies : Wouter Basson and South Africa's Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / Biological & Chemical Warfare, World / African
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, History
AuthorMarlene Burger, Chandre Gould
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight17.8 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2002-482329
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal364.1/523/092
SynopsisThe trial of Dr Wouter Basson, the head of apartheid South Africa's chemical and biological warfare (CBW) programme, generated intense interest both inside South Africa and in the wider world. Basson joined the Army after completing a doctorate in chemistry, and was rapidly promoted through the ranks. He travelled around the world as a spy, on both sides of the Iron Curtain, using fake identities - and often fake marriages - as a front. Back in South Africa, Basson headed Project Coast, the state's CBW programme, during which time he was allegedly involved in poisonings, developing drugs to placate the state's opponents, and simple, brutal murder.