"... a major contribution to our knowledge of the place of the Civil War in the history of warfare.... I have long hoped for a sound history of Civil War military staffs... I need hope no more; Hagerman has covered this subject also, with the same assured expertness that he gives to tactics and technology." ―Russell F. Weigley
"... this fine book deserves a place on the shelves of all military historians in this country and abroad." ―American Historical Review
"... a first rate book... impressive... an imposing work... " ―Journal of American History
"This book is filled with enlightening information.... ought to be a standard for many years to come and should be required reading for any serious Civil War military historian." ―Journal of Southern History

The American Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfare: Ideas, Organization, and Field Command (MIDLAND BOOK)

History

Hagerman, Edward

Americas

Indiana University Press

"... a major contribution to our knowledge of the place of the Civil War in the history of warfare.... I have long hoped for a sound history of Civil War military staffs... I need hope no more; Hagerman has covered this subject also, with the same assured expertness that he gives to tactics and technology." â€”Russell F. Weigley
"... this fine book deserves a place on the shelves of all military historians in this country and abroad." â€”American Historical Review
"... a first rate book... impressive... an imposing work... " â€”Journal of American History
"This book is filled with enlightening information.... ought to be a standard for many years to come and should be required reading for any serious Civil War military historian." â€”Journal of Southern History

The American Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfare: Ideas, Organization, and Field Command

[The United States and Biological Warfare] is a major contribution to our understanding of the past involvement by the US and Japanese governments with BW, with important, crucial implications for the future.... Pieces of this story, including the Korean War allegations, have been told before, but never so authoritatively, and with such a convincing foundation in historical research.... This is a brave and significant scholarly contribution on a matter of great importance to the future of humanity. ―Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice, Princeton University
The United States and Biological Warfare argues persuasively that the United States experimented with and deployed biological weapons during the Korean War. Endicott and Hagerman explore the political and moral dimensions of this issue, asking what restraints were applied or forgotten in those years of ideological and political passion and military crisis.
For the first time, there is hard evidence that the United States lied both to Congress and the American public in saying that the American biological warfare program was purely defensive and for retaliation only. The truth is that a large and sophisticated biological weapons system was developed as an offensive weapon of opportunity in the post-World War II years. From newly declassified American, Canadian, and British documents, and with the cooperation of the Chinese Central Archives in giving the authors the first access by foreigners to relevant classified documents, Endicott and Hagerman have been able to tell the previously hidden story of the extension of the limits of modern war to include the use of medical science, the most morally laden of sciences with respect to the sanctity of human life. They show how the germ warfare program developed collaboratively by Great Britain, Canada, and the United States during the Second World War, together with information gathered from the Japanese at the end of World War II about their biological warfare technology, was incorporated into an ongoing development program in the United States. Startling evidence from both Chinese and American sources is presented to make the case.
An important book for anyone interested in the history and morality of modern warfare.

The United States and Biological Warfare: Secrets from the Early Cold War and Korea

Endicott, Stephen

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The American Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfare: Ideas, Organization, and Field Command (MIDLAND BOOK)

The American Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfare: Ideas, Organization, and Field Command

The United States and Biological Warfare: Secrets from the Early Cold War and Korea