Factories of Death: Japanese Biological Warfare, 1932-45 and the American Cover-Up / Edition 2

by Sheldon H. Harris

Overview

Factories of Death details the activities of the Japanese army scientists that conducted numerous horrifying experiments upon live human beings. It investigates who from the upper echelons of the Japanese military and political establishments knew of the experiments, also the question of whether or not Allied POWs were subjected to such tests, and the nature of the deal that was brokered with US authorities after the war. This new edition has been completely updated, and contains an entirely new chapter detailing the numerous revelations that have surfaced since the book's initial publication in 1994.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415932141
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/22/2002
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sheldon H. Harris is Professor Emeritus of History at California State University, Northridge. He began his research on Japanese biological experiments in Manchuria in 1984.

Table of Contents

	Preface	xi
	Acknowledgments	xix
	Introduction	xxvii
Part 1	Japanese Factories of Death
Chapter 1	Manchuria	3
Chapter 2	Ishii Shiro	13
Chapter 3	The Beiyinhe Bacteria Factory	27
Chapter 4	Phase 1: Building Ping Fan	39
Chapter 5	Phase 2: Hell in Ping Fan	53
Chapter 6	The Secret of Secrets: Human Experiments	75
Chapter 7	The Death Factory in Changchun	113
Chapter 8	The Death Factory in Nanking	135
Chapter 9	Experiments on Prisoners of War	151
Chapter 10	Who Knew?	177
Part 2	American Cover-ups
Chapter 11	The American Biological Warfare Program	201
Chapter 12	Discovery of the Secret of Secrets	217
Chapter 13	Investigations	239
Chapter 14	Scientists and the Cover-up	263
Chapter 15	The Military and the Cover-up	285
Chapter 16	Conclusion	313
	Select Bibliography	363
	Index	371

Editorial Reviews

"Factories of Death is about Japan's secret biological and chemical experiments on live human beings and United States complicity in covering up the truth. Sheldon Harris has done us all a service by painstakingly uncovering the facts behind one of mankind's biggest yet least known crimes." — James Bradley, author, Flags of Our Fathers
"This book brings sound scholarship and strong moral conviction, tempered by carefully nuanced argument, to bear on a subject of continuing international concern. It deserves a readership far beyond the circle of Second World War specialists." — The International History Review
"The book's two parts, "Japanese Factories of Death" and American Cover-Up," are meticulously researched with the results presented in an outraged tone." — Military Review

From the Publisher

This book brings sound scholarship and strong moral conviction, tempered by carefully nuanced argument, to bear on a subject of continuing international concern. It deserves a readership far beyond the circle of Second World War specialists.

International History Review