"Germ Wars is strong and evocative. Melanie Armstrong writes about complex dynamics in a compelling and engaging way--not always an easy feat, particularly in light of some of the book's more abstract ideas. Germ Wars is creative and well researched, and it makes a much-needed contribution to American Studies. Highly innovative and rigorous, this book is also quite well developed and a pleasure to read."--Traci Voyles, Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, Loyola Marymount University

"Germ Wars is a wonderfully readable, engaging book that deftly balances critical insight with strong narrative flow. I know of no other sustained treatment of the biological threat that demonstrates this level of theoretical inquiry and covers such a comprehensive historical terrain."--Melinda E. Cooper, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney, and author of Life as Surplus: Biotechnology and Capitalism in the Neoliberal Era and coauthor of Clinical Labor: Tissue Donors and Research Subjects in the Global Bioeconomy

Melanie Armstrong is Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and the Public Lands Coordinator at Western State Colorado University.