Harris, Sheldon H.

Factories of death : Japanese biological warfare, 1932-45, and the American cover-up / Sheldon H. Harris. - London ; New York : Routledge, 1994. - xii, 297 p. : map ; 25 cm.

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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