Secret science : a century of poison warfare and human experiments / Ulf Schmidt.
Secret science : a century of poison warfare and human experiments / Ulf Schmidt.
Secret science : a century of poison warfare and human experiments / Ulf Schmidt.
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford Universtiy Press, 2015.
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G 2016/2132
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxxi, 637 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
1.Introduction -- 2.Justifying Chemical Warfare -- 3.Research without Bounds -- 4.Preparing for Total Warfare -- 5.Deadly New Gases -- 6.Flying the Atlantic -- 7.Ethics in the Open Air -- 8.Twilight Threshold -- 9.Ethics within Limits -- 10.The Politics of Medical Memory.
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford Universtiy Press, 2015.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
From the early 1990s, allegations that servicemen had been duped into taking part in trials with toxic agents at top-secret Allied research facilities throughout the twentieth century featured with ever greater frequency in the media. In Britain, a whole army of over 21,000 soldiers had participated in secret experiments between 1939 and 1989. Some...
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Full title
Secret science : a century of poison warfare and human experiments / Ulf Schmidt.
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Century of poison warfare and human experiments.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2015.
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G 2016/2132
Record Identifier
74VKVpQB3lqO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVpQB3lqO
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ISBN
9780199299799 (hardback)
DDC
358.34
MMS ID
991023988310902626
