Six-Legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War.(Brief article)

Insects have been recruited for war since biblical times and are currently scientifically bred for the nefarious purpose of spreading disease, according to [Jeffrey A. Lockwood]. Prior to the control exerted by medical doctors and entomologists, disease galloped well enough on its own, which Lockwoo...

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Published in:	Booklist 2008, Vol.105 (4), p.7
Main Author:	Taylor, Gilbert
Format:	Review
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Biological & chemical weapons Disease transmission Insects Lockwood, Jeffrey A Nonfiction Science history
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Summary:	Insects have been recruited for war since biblical times and are currently scientifically bred for the nefarious purpose of spreading disease, according to [Jeffrey A. Lockwood]. Prior to the control exerted by medical doctors and entomologists, disease galloped well enough on its own, which Lockwood illustrates in accounts of armies felled by epidemics, such as several French forces of the Napoleonic period.
ISSN:	0006-7385