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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lockwood, Jeffrey Alan, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biological warfare.

Insects as carriers of disease.

Agroterrorism--Prevention.

Agroterrorism.

Physical Description:

xx, 377 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Contents:

1 Stinging Defeats and Venomous Victories

1 Bee Bombs and Wasp Warheads 9

2 Toxic Tactics and Terrors 26

3 Insects as Tools of Torture 36

2 Vectors of Death

4 Horseshoes and Hand Grenades 47

5 The Victories of the Vectors 56

6 A Most Uncivil War 65

7 All's Lousy on the Eastern Front 77

3 Bringing Fever and Famine to a World at War

8 A Monstrous Metamorphosis 87

9 Entomological Evil 95

10 Japan's Fleas and Flies 108

11 Japan's Pleas and Lies 117

12 Beetle Bombs 128

13 Waking the Slumbering Giants 139

4 Cold-Blooded Fighters of the Cold War

14 Korea's Hailstorms of Hexapods 159

15 A Swarm of Accusations 171

16 An Imaginary Menagerie? 182

17 The Big Itch 193

18 Yankee (and Vietnamese) Ingenuity 203

19 Cuban Missiles vs. American Arthropods 210

20 A Tiny Terrorist in Castro's Crops 221

5 The Future of Entomological Warfare

21 Medflies, Fruits, and Nuts 233

22 Fear on the Farm 242

23 Wimpy Warmups and Real Deals 256

24 Six-Legged Guardian Angels 274

25 Insect Cyborgs and Roboflies 287

26 "Vigilant and Ready"? 298.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

9780195333053

0195333055

OCLC:

192109802