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OverviewIn the 1970s Americans learned for the first time that they had been used for decades as unsuspecting guinea pigs in a series of astonishing experiments conducted by the US Army. Military researchers had been secretly spraying clouds of bacteria over populated areas in order to study America's vulnerability to biological weapons. Many civilians have suffered illness, even death, as a consequence. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Leonard A. Cole , Alan CranstonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.70cm Weight: 0.290kg ISBN: 9780822630012ISBN 10: 082263001 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 02 February 1999 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD  We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword by Senator Alan Cranston Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Clouds of Secrecy: Introduction Chapter 4 Infecting the Enemy: Biological Warfare in the Past, and the Road to Testing Chapter 5 Living Near Gruinard Island Chapter 6 Fort Detrick's Mysteries Chapter 7 The Army's Germ Warfare Simulants: How Dangerous Are They? Chapter 8 Airborne in the U.S.A.: Open Air Vulnerability Tests in Minneapolis, St. Louis, and the New York City Subway System Chapter 9 Edward Nevin and the Spraying of San Francisco Chapter 10 The Trial Chapter 11 Terror or Error: The Yellow Rain Puzzle Chapter 12 Engineering Genes for Defense: Recombinant DNA Technology and Biological Warfare Chapter 13 Return to Testing: Field Experiments, the Dugway Issue, and Ethical Questions Chapter 14 Worries and Ambiguities Chapter 15 Appendices Chapter 16 IndexReviewsCole has produced a penetrating study of the Army's clandestine 20-year biological warfare testing operation. . . . a persuasive case that Army planners knew-or should have known-they were exposing the young, the old and the medically 'compromised' to infections at 239 sites around the country.--David Wier Clouds of Secrecy focuses on the major issue in our state at this time. I commend it to every Utahan and to every American.--Professor Edwin Firmage Cole ... effectively buttresses his arguments with evidence from primary sources and makes a solid, easily readable case for the need for public and congressional oversight. CHOICE Cole's book addresses a serious structural problem of constitutional democracy. It is obvious from a reading ... that the public should demand more protection and Congress should mandate it. Science Clouds of Secrecy focuses on the major issue in our state at this time. I commend it to every Utahan and to every American. -- Professor Edwin Firmage, School of Law, University of Utah ... Through painstaking investigation of participants and publications, he has written not only a real horror story but, even more important, shown how conscientious individuals were led to risk the health and even the lives of fellow Americans in several cities. Poltics and The Life Sciences Cole has produced a penetrating study of the Army's clandestine 20-year biological warfare testing operation... a persuasive case that Army planners knew-or should have known-they were exposing the young, the old and the medically 'compromised' to infections at 239 sites around the country. -- David Wier, New York Times Book Review Author InformationLeonard Cole is professor of political science at Rutgers University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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