Chemical heroes : pharmacological supersoldiers in the US Military / Andrew Bickford.
Chemical heroes : pharmacological supersoldiers in the US Military / Andrew Bickford.
Chemical heroes : pharmacological supersoldiers in the US Military / Andrew Bickford.
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Publisher
Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.
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G 2021/2963
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Language
English
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Physical content
xx, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Supersoldier Bob Writes Home -- Chemical Heroes -- Thematic Framings -- "Innovate at the Speed of Change": War, Anticipation, Imagination -- The Superman Solution: The New Man, Superheroes, and the Supersoldier -- Government (T)Issue: Military Medicine, Performance Enhancement, and the Biology of t...
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Publisher
Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.
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North Carolina
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
"In Chemical Heroes Andrew Bickford analyzes the US military's attempts to design performance enhancement technologies and create pharmacological "supersoldiers" capable of withstanding extreme trauma. Bickford traces the deep history of efforts to biologically fortify and extend the health and lethal power of soldiers from the Cold War era into th...
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Chemical heroes : pharmacological supersoldiers in the US Military / Andrew Bickford.
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Global insecurities
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2020
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G 2021/2963
Record Identifier
74VKarOxW0LX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKarOxW0LX
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ISBN
1478009721
9781478009726
DDC
355.345
MMS ID
991024442329602626
