Title Factories of death : Japanese biological warfare, 1932-45, and the American cover-up / Sheldon H. Harris

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 297 pages) : map Contents pt. I: Death factories. Manchuria -- Major Ishii Shiro comes to Manchuria -- Beiyinhe bacteria factory -- Ping Fan: the first phase -- Ping Fan's version of hell -- Human experiments: "secret of secrets" -- Unit 100's BW death factories in Changchun -- Nanking's BW death factory -- BW experiments on prisoners of war? -- Who knew? -- pt. II: Cover-up. The United States BW program -- Discovery of the "secret of secrets" -- Investigations -- Scientists and the cover-up -- The military and the cover-up Summary Presents the activities of Japanese army scientists who conducted horrific experiments on live human beings in Manchuria. Reveals how after World War II the U.S. granted them immunity Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-290) and index Notes Print version record Subject Japan. Rikugun. Kantōgun. Butai, Dai 731 -- History. Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Biological warfare -- China -- Manchuria. Biological Warfare -- history. SUBJECT Japan -- Military relations -- United States. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115626 Manchuria (China) -- History -- 1931-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85080401 United States -- Military relations -- Japan. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100061 Japan. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007564 Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 0415245958 (electronic bk.) 9780415245951 (electronic bk.) (hbk.) (paperback)

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