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Factories of death : Japanese biological warfare, 1932-45, and the American cover-up / Sheldon H. Harris.

By: Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.Description: xii, 297 p. : map ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0415091055
  • 9780415091053
  • 0415132061 (pbk.)
  • 9780415132060 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 358/.38/0952 20
LOC classification:
  • DS777.533.B55 H37 1994
  • UG447.8 .H37 1994
Contents:
Pt. I: Death factories. Manchuria ; Major Ishii Shiro comes to Manchuria ; Beiyinhe bacteria factory ; Ping Fan: the first phase ; Ping Fan's version of hell ; Human experiments: "secret of secrets" ; Unit 100's BW death factories in Changchun ; Nanking's BW death factory ; BW experiments on prisoners of war? ; Who knew? -- Pt. II: Cover-up. The United States BW program ; Discovery of the "secret of secrets" ; Investigations ; Scientists and the cover-up ; The military and the cover-up.
Summary: Presents the activities of Japanese army scientists who conducted horrific experiments on live human beings in Manchuria. Reveals how after World War II the U.S. granted them immunity.
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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks DS777.533.B55 H37 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available TBC00006024

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-290) and index.

Pt. I: Death factories. Manchuria ; Major Ishii Shiro comes to Manchuria ; Beiyinhe bacteria factory ; Ping Fan: the first phase ; Ping Fan's version of hell ; Human experiments: "secret of secrets" ; Unit 100's BW death factories in Changchun ; Nanking's BW death factory ; BW experiments on prisoners of war? ; Who knew? -- Pt. II: Cover-up. The United States BW program ; Discovery of the "secret of secrets" ; Investigations ; Scientists and the cover-up ; The military and the cover-up.

Presents the activities of Japanese army scientists who conducted horrific experiments on live human beings in Manchuria. Reveals how after World War II the U.S. granted them immunity.

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