Six-legged soldiers : using insects as weapons of war / / Jeffrey A. Lockwood
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| Autore: |
Lockwood Jeffrey Alan <1960->
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| Titolo: |
Six-legged soldiers : using insects as weapons of war / / Jeffrey A. Lockwood
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xx, 377 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 358/.3882 |
| Soggetto topico: | Biological warfare |
| Insects as carriers of disease | |
| Agroterrorism - Prevention | |
| Note generali: | Formerly CIP. |
| Previously issued in print: 2008. | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | PART 1. STINGING DEFEATS AND VENOMOUS VICTORIES: 1. Bee bombs and wasp warheads ; 2. Toxic tactics and terrors ; 3. Insects as tools of torture -- PART 2. VECTORS OF DEATH: 4. Horseshoes and hand grenades ; 5. The victories of the vectors ; 6. A most uncivil war ; 7. All's lousy on the Eastern Front -- PART 3. BRINGING FEVER AND FAMINE TO A WORLD AT WAR: 8. A momentous metamorphosis ; 9. Entomological evil ; 10. Japan's fleas and flies ; 11. Japan's pleas and lies ; 12. Beetle bombs ; 13. Waking the slumbering giants -- PART 4. COLD-BLOODED FIGHTERS OF THE COLD WAR: 14. Korea's hailstorms of hexapods ; 15. A swam of accusations ; 16. An imaginary menagerie? ; 18. Yankee (and Vietnamese) ingenuity ; 19. Cuban missiles vs. American arthropods ; 20. A tiny terrorist in Castro's crops -- PART 5. THE FUTURE OF ENTOMOLOGICAL WARFARE: 21. Medflies, fruits, and nuts ; 22. Fear on the farm ; 23. Wimpy warmups and real deals ; 24. Six-legged guardian angels ; 25. Insect cyborgs and roboflies ; 26. "Vigilant and ready"? |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The reader is taken on a journey of innovation and depravity. A remarkable story of human ingenuity - and brutality - 'Six-Legged Soldiers' is the first comprehensive look at the use of insects as weapons of war, from ancient times to the present day. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Six-legged soldiers |
| ISBN: | 0-19-771629-6 |
| 1-281-72396-7 | |
| 9786611723965 | |
| 0-19-971560-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814214703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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