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200 10$aSix-legged soldiers$b[electronic resource] $eusing insects as weapons of war /$fJeffrey A. Lockwood
210   $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009
215   $a1 online resource (400 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-19-973353-8 
311   $a0-19-533305-5 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; 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
330   $aThe 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
606   $aBiological warfare
606   $aInsects as carriers of disease
606   $aAgroterrorism$xPrevention
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615  0$aBiological warfare.
615  0$aInsects as carriers of disease.
615  0$aAgroterrorism$xPrevention.
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