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Factories of Death details the activities of the Japanese army scientists that conducted numerous horrifying experiments upon live human beings. It investigates who from the upper echelons of the Japanese military and political establishments knew of the experiments, also the question of whether or not Allied POWs were subjected to such tests, and the nature of the deal that was brokered with US authorities after the war. This new edition has been completely updated, and contains an entirely new chapter detailing the numerous revelations that have surfaced since the book's initial publication in 1994.
List of contents
Introduction Part I. Japanese Factories of Death Chapter 1. Manchuria Chapter 2. Ishii Shiro Chapter 3. The Beiyinhe Bacteria Factory Chapter 4. Phase 1: Building Ping Fan Chapter 5. Phase 2: Hell in Ping Fan Chapter 6. The Secret of Secrets: Human Experiments Chapter 7. The Death Factory in Changchun Chapter 8. The Death Factory in Nanking Chapter 9. Experiments on Prisoners of War Chapter 10. Who Knew? Part II. American Cover-Ups Chapter 11. The American Biological Warfare Program Chapter 12. Discovery of the Secret of Secrets Chapter 13. Investigations Chapter 14. Scientists and the Cover-Up Chapter 15. The Military and the Cover-Up Chapter 16. Epilogue
About the author
Sheldon H. Harris is Professor Emeritus of History at California State University, Northridge. He began his research on Japanese biological experiments in Manchuria in 1984.
Summary
Before and during World War II, the Japanese army conducted horrifying scientific experiments upon live human beings, but were granted immunity from the US Army's war crimes investigation in return for the results of their experiments. This title details the activities and the subsequent cover-up.
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"Factories of Death is about Japan's secret biological and chemical experiments on live human beings and United States complicity in covering up the truth. Sheldon Harris has done us all a service by painstakingly uncovering the facts behind one of mankind's biggest yet least known crimes." -- James Bradley, author, Flags of Our Fathers"This book brings sound scholarship and strong moral conviction, tempered by carefully nuanced argument, to bear on a subject of continuing international concern. It deserves a readership far beyond the circle of Second World War specialists." -- The International History Review"The book's two parts, "Japanese Factories of Death" and American Cover-Up," are meticulously researched with the results presented in an outraged tone." -- Military Review
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"Factories of Death is about Japan's secret biological and chemical experiments on live human beings and United States complicity in covering up the truth. Sheldon Harris has done us all a service by painstakingly uncovering the facts behind one of mankind's biggest yet least known crimes." -- James Bradley, author, Flags of Our Fathers
"This book brings sound scholarship and strong moral conviction, tempered by carefully nuanced argument, to bear on a subject of continuing international concern. It deserves a readership far beyond the circle of Second World War specialists." -- The International History Review
"The book's two parts, "Japanese Factories of Death" and American Cover-Up," are meticulously researched with the results presented in an outraged tone." -- Military Review
