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It has been lucidly written by Jeffery A Lockwood, Professor of Natural Sciences and Humanities at the University of Wyoming, in an inimitable style ensuring that this page book is as absorbing as any top-rated novel. Reconstruction of history is always an arduous task and Lockwood amalgamates the skill of story-telling with data. Each chapter is tastefully titled, in keeping with the general paradigm of dry humour that underlies the entire book. Although the book is tantalising and mentally stimulating, its USP possibly lies in the fact that it is chillingly real; it is not a fantasy fiction but is what actually happened to someone, somewhere and … yes, could happen again.
The book paints vivid pictures of entomological warfare down the ages: It then describes the times of the World Wars, of Hitler smuggling Colorado beetles into England farms, the Japanese stocking up Yersinia pestis infected fleas to be bombed on the enemy but ending up facing the brunt of their own bugs when security measures broke down, and this is said to have cost Japan more lives than the atomic bombing.
The last chapter outlines future trends in entomological warfare: An entomologist's delight, to be sure! Entomological warfare may be re-defined after reading this and may finally get its due importance. This book's bottom-line is that one does not need high tech bombs for destruction; some very cleverly manipulated commonplace insects will do the job just as well.
Fireflies as nerve gas detectors Jan 05, Pauline Stout rated it it was ok. I really tried to read this book. Jan 06, Dale rated it it was ok. Interesting topic but a chore to read in many places As a history teacher, I was excited to see a whole new take on warfare so I eagerly snatched up Six-Legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War. However, as good as the information in the book is, it is a difficult read. There's a lot of repetition in the first part of the book and it just bogs down in the sections on World War II, Korea and the Cold War. A good co-author would have been my recommendation.
The best two sections are the o Interesting topic but a chore to read in many places As a history teacher, I was excited to see a whole new take on warfare so I eagerly snatched up Six-Legged Soldiers: The best two sections are the ones on the American Civil War and the last chapters on the dangers we face nowadays from the prospect of insect-based terrorism. They are shorter and move along nicely. Lockwood admits that he is not a professional historian in his introduction on page X and at times it shows.
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He is probably the only person to have ever asserted in print that General Henry Halleck was a good field commander after he asssumed command from Grant after the Battle of Shiloh. Lockwood assumes Halleck made the connection between mosquitoes and malaria most assumed malaria came from things such as "swamp vapors" and let the mosquitoes force Beauregard to retreat.
In another chapter he made the mistake of May 01, Meaghan rated it it was amazing Shelves: This is an extremely interesting book and written in a lively, engaging way. Who can resist the image of Gatling guns firing beehives at the enemy, or little electronic backpacks on bees?
The author's wit spiced up all the facts crammed into the text, with bits like: The beetles falling on the German countryside in the name of military science had no allegiance and were more than happy to bite the hand -- or the fields -- of those who bred them. And probably more things; those are just those I pulled off the top of my head. If you like insects and out-of-the-box methods of defense, this is the book for you. I learned so much about how to weaponize insects that I'm now very concerned about our national defense strategy, which is pretty much nil.
If you thought invasive species and "natural" outbreaks like West Nile Virus were hard to battle, try suppressing a plague of yellow fever. Insects also work great for terrorism because they're low tech, easy to obtain, and psychologically threatening.
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Obtaining the virus an If you like insects and out-of-the-box methods of defense, this is the book for you. Obtaining the virus and choosing the right vector is really the only challenge to upsetting our first world health care and agricultural systems. Scary concept but great explanations on how it works and who has used these tactics throughout history from Biblical times to the Cold War. Not all of which have been confirmed by the American government, but lots of facts don't lie either.
Nov 30, Ann rated it it was amazing Shelves: Lockwood's research offers the reader insight on various topics including, but not limited to: IMO it is worth a read for anyone interested in such topics, independent of a person's previous knowledge or research.
Aug 02, Tyler Hartford added it. The author has several fascinating stories that are then drowned in too many details for the average reader. I'm not sure who the audience is - must be the military historian. I found myself lingering around the multiple references of the US military running trials of bacterial strains and biting insects in several of our major coastal cities and rural islands.
Wondering if there is a blow back there, like when the Germans released potato bugs in their own country during WWIII.
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I'm amazed at our The author has several fascinating stories that are then drowned in too many details for the average reader. I'm amazed at our capacity for destroying others - and the creative lengths we go to acheive this. Jul 23, Margaret Sankey rated it it was amazing. May 12, Annelie Wendeberg rated it it was amazing. I'm reading this book among many other books for background research on the history of biological warfare and must say this is one of the most exciting, best written historical accounts I have read.
Mar 30, Geoffrey rated it liked it. Not as rich a work as Lockwood's "Locust", but still an interesting read, if a bit alarmist. Jan 02, Mark Micire rated it it was amazing.
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Completely messed up book. Disgusting and will make you doubt humanity. But an amazing read and you will learn a ton about war. Jan 25, Rich Wolff rated it really liked it Shelves: Very interesting subject matter!! Dec 14, Meg rated it it was ok.
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Jul 21, Mary rated it liked it Shelves: I really liked some portions of this book. It was a bit dry on others, though I was admittedly skimming. The sections on poison honey and ancient beliefs about poisons were really nice. Jun 04, Jimschow1 rated it it was ok Shelves: Jan 16, Fishface rated it liked it Shelves: This was OK, but the technical aspects of weaponizing insects got deeper and deeper as the book progressed so I could hardly follow it at times.
Still worth a look. Mar 03, Brittany rated it did not like it.
Ok so, I didn't actually finish this book. I got a few chapters in and couldn't read anymore. The idea for the book is an intriguing one, but each chapter is very dry and haphazard. Christopher Sean Mark Hinkle rated it really liked it May 11, Misti Dawn rated it liked it Aug 11, Mike rated it it was ok Feb 16,