The United States and biological warfare: secrets from the early cold war and Korea
| Autor: | André Bruwer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
National security
Korea business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Offensive History 20th Century False accusation United States Pathology and Forensic Medicine Nuclear warfare State (polity) Law Biological warfare Biological Warfare International security Humans Asymmetric warfare Sociology business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Medicine, conflict, and survival. 17(4) |
| ISSN: | 1362-3699 |
| Popis: | The United States and Biological Warfare is about accusations that the United States resorted to bacteriological warfare at a time of great military stress during the Korean War. In December 1951, the then US Secretary of Defense ordered early readiness for offensive use of biological weapons. Soon afterwards, the North Korean and Chinese armies accused the United States of starting a large-scale biological warfare experiment in Korea. The US State Department denied the accusation. Both parties to the dispute maintain their positions today. The authors spent 20 years researching the accusations in North America, Europe and Japan. They were the first foreigners to be given access to Chinese classified documents. The reader is also introduced to the concept of 'plausible denial', an official US policy which allowed responsible governmental representatives to deny knowledge of certain events. The authors hope that their work will contribute to the understanding of a time when modern war expanded into a new type of violence. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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