02922nam 2200673Ia 450 991045337540332120200520144314.01-281-72396-797866117239650-19-971560-2(CKB)1000000000541064(EBL)415777(OCoLC)476244855(SSID)ssj0001048702(PQKBManifestationID)12409303(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001048702(PQKBWorkID)11015335(PQKB)10032061(SSID)ssj0000246516(PQKBManifestationID)11192224(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000246516(PQKBWorkID)10188201(PQKB)11159369(MiAaPQ)EBC415777(Au-PeEL)EBL415777(CaPaEBR)ebr10246236(CaONFJC)MIL172396(EXLCZ)99100000000054106420080214d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSix-legged soldiers[electronic resource] using insects as weapons of war /Jeffrey A. LockwoodNew York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (400 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-973353-8 0-19-533305-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThe 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 takeBiological warfareInsects as carriers of diseaseAgroterrorismPreventionElectronic books.Biological warfare.Insects as carriers of disease.AgroterrorismPrevention.358/.3882Lockwood Jeffrey Alan1960-879022MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453375403321Six-legged soldiers1963035UNINA