Editorial: Oxford University Press
Número de páginas: 200 págs. 23.5 x 15.6 cm
Fecha de edición: 13-04-2023
EAN: 9780197520338
ISBN: 978-0-19-752033-8
Precio (sin IVA): 30,74 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 31,97 €
During the 1960s, the Smithsonian Institution undertook a large-scale biological survey of a group of uninhabited tropical islands in the Pacific. It was one of the largest and most sweeping biological survey programs of all time. But there was a twist. The study had been initiated, funded, and was overseen by the U.S. Biological Laboratories at Fort Detrick, Maryland. The home of the American biological warfare program. This book explores the workings of the survey program, places it in its historical context, describes the military tests that followed, and evaluates the critical objections to the Smithsonian's participation in the project.