Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, & Scorpion Bombs: Biological & Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World (Paperback) by Adrienne Mayor

from Luftwaffe_Flak

A very interesting book on an extremely overlooked topic of ancient warfare, ancient WMD's, chemical and biological weapons. I appreciated the explanation of the various biblical phenomenons that were attributed to 'spirits' but were actually clever scientific tricks. I also appreciated the autho...

from Shuffy2

Biological and Chemical Warfare a thing of the past- actually yes! The idea that biological and chemical weapons are a modern invention is naive, it is merely how you view and/or define the terms. Poisoned arrows, tampering with water supplies, deadly scorpions used inside bombs and spreading dis...

from Michael.Rimmer

It's somewhat saddening to realise that although the earliest mythological stories about the use of biochemical weapons came with the moral "too dangerous and inhumane to use", they're still in use today, and causing all the same tragic misery.Despite this chastening theme, this is an engrossing ...

from TeaTimeCoder

Interesting, frivolous, well written but scattershot and lacking structure.

from iluvvideo

Weapons of biological and chemical warfare have been in use for thousands of years, and Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs, Adrienne Mayor's exploration of the origins of controversial weaponry, draws extraordinary connections between the mythical worlds of Hercules and the Trojan War, th...