Six-Legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War

by Jeffrey A. Lockwood

Book Overview

The emir of Bukhara used assassin bugs to eat away the flesh of his prisoners. General Ishii Shiro during World War II released hundreds of millions of infected insects across China, ultimately causing more deaths than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan. These are just two of many startling examples found in Six-legged Soldiers, a brilliant portrait of the many weirdly creative, truly frightening, and ultimately powerful ways in which insects have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195333055
• ISBN13: 9780195333053
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"