Table of Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
List of Illustrations xix
Introduction 1
1 Stinging Defeats and Venomous Victories
1 Bee Bombs and Wasp Warheads 9
2 Toxic Tactics and Terrors 26
3 Insects as Tools of Torture 36
2 Vectors of Death
4 Horseshoes and Hand Grenades 47
5 The Victories of the Vectors 56
6 A Most Uncivil War 65
7 All's Lousy on the Eastern Front 77
3 Bringing Fever and Famine to a World At War
8 A Monstrous Metamorphosis 87
9 Entomological Evil 95
10 Japan's Fleas and Flies 108
11 Japan's Pleas and Lies 117
12 Beetle Bombs 128
13 Waking the Slumbering Giants 139
4 Cold-Blooded Fighters of the Cold War
14 Korea's Hailstorms of Hexapods 159
15 A Swarm of Accusations 171
16 An Imaginary Menagerie? 182
17 The Big Itch 193
18 Yankee (and Vietnamese) Ingenuity 203
19 Cuban Missiles vs. American Arthropods 210
20 A Tiny Terrorist in Castro's Crops 221
5 The Future of Entomological Warfare
21 Medflies, Fruits, and Nuts 233
22 Fear on the Farm 242
23 Wimpy Warmups and Real Deals 256
24 Six-Legged Guardian Angels 274
25 Insect Cyborgs and Roboflies 287
26 "Vigilant and Ready"? 298
Epilogue 311
Suggested Readings 315
Notes 323
Index 362