| Description |
xx, 377 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Bee bombs and wasp warheads -- Toxic tactics and terrors -- Insects as tools of torture -- Horshoes and hand grenades -- The victories of the vectors -- A most uncivil war -- All's lousy of the eastern front -- A monstrous metamorphosis -- Entolomological evil -- Japan's fleas and flies -- Japan's pleas and lies -- Beetle bombs -- Waking the slumbering giants -- Korea's hailstorms of hexapods -- A swarm of accusations -- An imaginary menagerie? -- The big itch -- Yankee (and Vietnamese) ingenuity -- Vuban missiles vs. American arthropods -- A tiny terrorist in Castro's crops -- Medflies, fruits and nuts -- Fear on the farm -- Wimpy warmups and real deals -- Six-legged guardian angels -- Insect cyborgs and roboflies -- "Vigilant and ready"? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Biological warfare.
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Insects as carriers of disease.
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Agroterrorism -- Prevention.
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| LC no. |
2008006935 |
| ISBN |
9780195333053 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0195333055 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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