Chemical Heroes : Pharmacological Supersoldiers in the US Military /

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"In Chemical Heroes Andrew Bickford analyzes the US military's attempts to design performance enhancement technologies and create pharmacological "supersoldiers" capable of withstanding extreme trauma. Bickford traces the deep history of efforts to biologically fortify and extend...

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Autor principal: Bickford, Andrew, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Army
United States. > Army > Medical care.
United States. > Army > Safety measures.
Soldiers > Protection
Military art and science > Technological innovations
Biological warfare > Research
Armed Forces > Safety measures
Armed Forces > Medical care
Pharmaceutical industry > Military aspects.
Biological warfare > Research > United States.
Soldiers > Performance > United States.
Soldiers > Protection > United States.
Military art and science > Technological innovations.
United States
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Supersoldier Bob Writes Home
  • Chemical Heroes
  • Thematic Framings
  • "Innovate at the Speed of Change": War, Anticipation, Imagination
  • The Superman Solution: The New Man, Superheroes, and the Supersoldier
  • Government (T)Issue: Military Medicine, Performance Enhancement, and the
  • Biology of the Soldier
  • Early Imaginaries of the US Supersoldier
  • "Science Will Modernize Him": The Soldier of the Futurarmy
  • "A Biological Armor for the Soldier": Idiophylaxis and the Self-Armoring
  • Soldier
  • Imagining the Modern US Supersoldier
  • "The Force Is with You": An Army of One to the Future Force Warrior
  • Molecular Militarization: War, Drugs, and the Structures of Unfeeling
  • "Kill-Proofing the Soldier": Inner Armor, Environmental Threats, and the
  • World as Battlefield
  • "Catastrophic Success": Back to the Futurarmy
  • Natural Cowards, Chemical Heroes

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