Six-Legged Soldiers - Using Insects As Weapons of War

Zusatztext The book is an excellent read. Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey A. Lockwood is Professor of Natural Sciences & Humanities at the University of Wyoming, where he teaches in the department of philosophy and in the MFA program in creative writing. His work has been included in the popular anthology Best American Science and Nature Writing, and he is winner of both a Pushcart Prize and the John Burroughs Award. He is the author of Grasshopper Dreaming: Reflections on Killing and Loving and Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier. Klappentext In Six-Legged Soldiers, Jeffrey A. Lockwood paints a brilliant portrait of the many weirdly creative, truly frightening, and ultimately powerful ways in which insects have been used as weapons of war, terror, and torture. He concludes with a critical analysis of today's defenses--and homeland security's dangerous shortcomings--with respect to entomological attacks. Zusammenfassung In Six-Legged Soldiers, Jeffrey A. Lockwood paints a brilliant portrait of the many weirdly creative, truly frightening, and ultimately powerful ways in which insects have been used as weapons of war, terror, and torture.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey A Lockwood, Jeffrey A. Lockwood, Jeffrey A. (Professor of Natural Science Lockwood, Jeffrey A. (Professor of Natural Sciences & Humanities Lockwood, Lockwood Jeffrey A.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.05.2010
• EAN: 9780199733538
• ISBN: 978-0-19-973353-8
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, HISTORY / Military / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology, HISTORY / Military / Biological & Chemical Warfare, Zoology & animal sciences, Warfare & defence, Insects (entomology), Warfare and defence, Zoology and animal sciences, Chemical & biological weapons, Chemical and biological weapons