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Autore |
Lockwood Jeffrey Alan <1960-> |
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Titolo |
Six-legged soldiers [[electronic resource] ] : using insects as weapons of war / / Jeffrey A. Lockwood |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-72396-7 |
9786611723965 |
0-19-971560-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Biological warfare |
Insects as carriers of disease |
Agroterrorism - Prevention |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Introduction; ONE: STINGING DEFEATS AND VENOMOUS VICTORIES; TWO: VECTORS OF DEATH; THREE: BRINGING FEVER AND FAMINE TO A WORLD AT WAR; FOUR: COLD-BLOODED FIGHTERS OF THE COLD WAR; FIVE: THE FUTURE OF ENTOMOLOGICAL WARFARE; Epilogue; Suggested Readings; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The emir of Bukhara used assassin bugs to eat away the flesh of his prisoners. General Ishii Shiro during World War II released hundreds of millions of infected insects across China, ultimately causing more deaths than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan. These are just two of many startling examples found in Six-legged Soldiers, a brilliant portrait of the many weirdly creative, truly frightening, and ultimately powerful ways in which insects have been used as weapons of war, terror, and torture. Beginning in prehistoric times and building toward a near and disturbing future, the reader is take |
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