Factories of Death

by Sheldon H. Harris

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415132061
• ISBN13: 9780415132060
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

An indictment of Japanese physicians losing their way

"F[a]ctories of Death" is a most important contribution to our knowledge about the use of biological warfare by the Imperial Japanese Army during the period, 1932-45.The active participation of Japanese physicans in the implementation and execution of the use of pathogens for mass destruction is useful for understanding what we Americans may be facing in the near future. The lack of prosecution of ANY Japanese physicans of Unit 731 for war crimes is particularly disturbing.

Read this book for knowledge not entertainment

Although some readers might find this book boring and tedious due to too many facts, I believe the author wrote this book not for entertainment but for a more noble purpose. Since this is one of the very few books and articles on this grim subject, the more facts it contain the better it is to a serious researcher.The author covered sufficiently the unethical reasons of the US government's cover-up and permitted those Japenese, including Emporior Hirohito, responsible to avoid prosecution as war criminals. However, why China, under Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong,both hated the Japanese with a passion, acted similarly was not explained adequately. I hope more research will be done to clarify this dificiency.I read somewhere that "Justice is not only a matter of punishment.Justice can also be served by having the moral courage to accept responsibility and make recompense when a great wrong has been done, however long ago and far away the event." I sincerely hope this is so.ose Japanese, including Emporior Hirohito, responsible to avoid[rpsecution as war criminals in exchange for information from the Japanese program.However, why China, under Chiang Kai-Shek and Moa Zedong, bothhated the Japanese with a passion, acted similarly was not explain adequately. I hope more research will be done to clarify this dificiency.

A fascinating book

I read about this book in a recent newspaper article. I purchased it since the topic was so intriguing. I found the book to be equally intriguing. Factories of Death reads like a novel! The way the author recites the history of the death camps is fascinating, and actually I would have enjoyed an even more in-depth treatment of this subject. I certainly hope the author will be able to write a follow-up to this masterful book.

Extraordinary

The author provides an invaluable history of Japanese Germ Warfare in China. His flawless documentation is to be commended as well as his authoritative recitation of the relentless pursuit of the Japanese military towards developing bacterial weapons of war. The race for a delivery system to spray China with Anthrax and other unspeakable plagues is horrible but fascinating. This is recommended reading for anyone who wants the real truth about germ warfare during WW2, and the continuing search by many countries to develop a germ warfare system today.