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Six-legged soldiers : using insects as weapons of war / Jeffrey A. Lockwood.

By: Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: xx, 377 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780195333053 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0195333055 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 358/.3882 22
LOC classification:
  • UG447.8 .L63 2009
Contents:
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"?

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-360) and index.

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"?

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