Book ID: CBB049126185

Chemical Heroes: Pharmacological Supersoldiers in the US Military (2021)

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Bickford, Andrew (Author)


Duke University Press


Publication Date: 2021
Physical Details: 320
Language: English

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 the health and lethal power of soldiers from the Cold War era into the twenty-first century, from early adoptions of mandatory immunizations to bio-protective gear, to the development and spread of new performance enhancing drugs during the global War on Terrorism. In his examination of government efforts to alter soldiers' bodies through new technologies, Bickford invites us to contemplate what constitutes heroism when armor becomes built in, wired in, and even edited into the molecular being of an American soldier. Lurking in the background and dark recesses of all US military enhancement research, Bickford demonstrates, is the desire to preserve US military and imperial power.

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Authors & Contributors
Daemmrich, A.
Armstrong, Melanie
Casini, Silvia
Fitzpatrick, K. Meghan
Bui, Keva X.
Bickford, Andrew
Concepts
Science and war; science and the military
Cold War
Soldiers
Medicine and the military; medicine in war
Science and politics
Human body and technology
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
Commonwealth countries
Americas
Scotland
Institutions
University of Aberdeen
United States. Food and Drug Administration
United States. Army
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