Description
Book SynopsisArgues that the United States experimented with and deployed biological weapons during the Korean War. This title explores the political and moral dimensions of this issue, asking what restraints were applied or forgotten in those years of ideological and political passion and military crisis.
Trade Review"This fascinating and deeply researched book examines whether the US used biological weapons when it attacked Korea... It shows that the US government, in collaboration with the British and Canadian governments, spent GBP800,000,000 between 1951 and 1953 developing such weapons, based on those used by the Japanese army in its attack on China...The authors examine the evidence of germ-bearing insects, feathers and other carriers found after USAF bombing raids and look at the consequent outbreaks of unusual illnesses... The authors write, "we are led to the conclusion that the United States took the final step and secretly experimented with biological weapons in the Korean War." Read the book and decide for yourself."--Will Podmore, Morning Star, 9 August 1999
Table of ContentsList of maps, tables, photo credits
Introduction
Chapter 1. Aches and Fevers in China and Korea
Chapter 2. Second World War Origins
Chapter 3. The Japanese Connection
Chapter 4. The Secretary of Defense and Revival of a Program
Chapter 5. Research and Development 1945-1953
Chapter 6. Plans and Missions
Chapter 7. Korea: a limited war?
Chapter 8. Psychological Warfare and the 581st ARC Wing
Chapter 9. The CIA in the Korean War
Chapter 10. Insect Vectors in Occupied Japan: Unit 406
Chapter 11. The Flyers
Chapter 12. Conclusion
Bibliographic Notes
Appendices
Index
