Secret science : a century of poison warfare and human experiments / Ulf Schmidt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmidt, Ulf, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical agents (Munitions).

Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use.

Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous.

Human experimentation in medicine.

Chemical warfare.

Biological warfare.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 637 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Summary:

Secret Science traces, for the first time, the history of chemical and biological weapons research involving experiments on humans by the former Allied powers during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, particularly in Britain, the United States, and Canada. It charts the ethical trajectory and culture of military science, from its initial development in response to Germany's first use of chemical weapons in the First World War to the ongoing attempts by the international community to ban these types of weapons once and for all. The study throws new light onto the evolving field of military medical ethics by exploring continuity and change in the understanding and application of military medicine and science. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Justifying Chemical Warfare 20

3 Research without Bounds 74

4 Preparing for Total Warfare 100

5 Deadly New Gases 157

6 Flying the Atlantic 218

7 Ethics in the Open Air 284

8 Twilight Threshold 320

9 Ethics within Limits 361

10 The Politics of Medical Memory 408.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199299799

019929979X

OCLC:

914324716