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<p>[The United States and Biological Warfare] is a major contribution to our understanding of the past involvement by the US and Japanese governments with BW, with important, crucial implications for the future.... Pieces of this story, including the Korean War allegations, have been told before, but never so authoritatively, and with such a convincing foundation in historical research.... This is a brave and significant scholarly contribution on a matter of great importance to the future of humanity.<br> —Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice, Princeton University</p> <p>The United States and Biological Warfare argues persuasively that the United States experimented with and deployed biological weapons during the Korean War. Endicott and Hagerman explore the political and moral dimensions of this issue, asking what restraints were applied or forgotten in those years of ideological and political passion and military crisis.</p> <p>For the first time, there is hard evidence that the United States lied both to Congress and the American public in saying that the American biological warfare program was purely defensive and for retaliation only. The

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Author
Endicott, Stephen, Hagerman, Edward
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Published
1998
Language
EN
ISBN
9780253334725
Category
history
Subjects
Military, History, Military History
Rating
4 / 5 (10 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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