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Shooting Up : a History of Drugs in Warfare by Kamienski, Lukasz is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Shooting Up : a History of Drugs in Warfare about?
From hallucinogenic mushrooms and LSD, to coca and cocaine; from Homeric warriors and the Assassins to the first Gulf War and today's global insurgents - drugs have sustained warriors in the field and have been used as weapons of warfare, either as non-lethal psychochemical weapons or as a means of subversion. Lukasz Kamienski explores why and how drugs have been issued to soldiers to increase their battlefield performance, boost their courage and alleviate stress and fear - as well as for medic
Who reads Shooting Up : a History of Drugs in Warfare?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Kamienski, Lukasz
- Publisher
- C. Hurst and Company (Publishers) Limited
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781849048835
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Memoir, History, Biography
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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