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  • Secret Science

    A Century of Poison Warfare and Human Experiments

    de Ulf Schmidt ...
    From the early 1990s, allegations that servicemen had been duped into taking part in trials with toxic agents at top-secret Allied research facilities throughout the twentieth century featured with ever greater frequency in the media. In Britain, a whole army of over 21,000 soldiers had participated in secret experiments between 1939 and 1989. Some remembered their stay as harmless, but there were ... Leer más

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  • Secret Science

    A Century of Poison Warfare and Human Experiments

    de Ulf Schmidt ...
    From the early 1990s, allegations that servicemen had been duped into taking part in trials with toxic agents at top-secret Allied research facilities throughout the twentieth century featured with ever greater frequency in the media. In Britain, a whole army of over 21,000 soldiers had participated in secret experiments between 1939 and 1989. Some remembered their stay as harmless, but there were ... Leer más

    $16.19 USD

  • Ethical Research

    The Declaration of Helsinki, and the Past, Present, and Future of Human Experimentation

    At the heart of research with human beings is the moral notion that the experimental subject is altruistic, and is primarily concerned for the welfare of others. Beneath the surface, however, lies a very different ethical picture. Individuals participating in potentially life-saving research sometimes take on considerable risks to their own well-being. Efforts to safeguard human participants in ... Leer más

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  • Thirty Years of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)

    Histories, Achievements, Challenges

    Series series History (R0)
    This open-access volume consists of papers presented at the conference “Thirty Years of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC): Histories, Achievements, Challenges”, held in Berlin, 5–6 October 2023, as well as of additional contributions.The volume’s twenty-two individual chapters reflect on the history and achievements of the CWC over the past thirty years and explore existing and future ... Leer más

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  • Near and Distant Neighbors

    A New History of Soviet Intelligence

    A revelatory and pathbreaking account of the highly secretive world of the Soviet intelligence servicesA uniquely comprehensive and rich account of the Soviet intelligence services, Jonathan Haslam's Near and Distant Neighbors charts the labyrinthine story of Soviet intelligence from the October Revolution to the end of the Cold War.Previous histories have focused on the KGB, leaving military ... Leer más

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  • Hold Everything Dear

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    de John Berger ...
    Series series The Essential John Berger
    A powerful meditation on political resistance and the global search for justiceFrom the ‘War on Terror’ to resistance in Ramallah and traumatic dislocation in the Middle East, Berger explores the uses of art as an instrument of political resistance. Visceral and passionate, Hold Everything Dear is a profound meditation on the far extremes of human behaviour, and the underlying despair. Looking at ... Leer más

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  • The People vs. Democracy

    Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It

    de Yascha Mounk ...
    A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice“Everyone worried about the state of contemporary politics should read this book.”—Anne-Marie Slaughter“A trenchant survey from 1989, with its democratic euphoria, to the current map of autocratic striving.”—David Remnick, New YorkerThe world is in turmoil. From Russia and Turkey across Europe to the United States, authoritarian populists ha... ... Leer más

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  • In America

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    As RTÉ's Washington correspondent, Caitríona Perry has earned a reputation as a reliable source of truth as the world tries to make sense of the maelstrom of shocking headlines emanating from Donald Trump's America. In her first book, she goes beyond the news reports and delves into the American heartland where she witnessed his rise at first hand, while others were blindsided by his victory. ... Leer más

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  • In Spies We Trust

    The Story of Western Intelligence

    In Spies We Trust reveals the full story of the Anglo-American intelligence relationship - ranging from the deceits of World War I to the mendacities of 9/11 - for the first time. Why did we ever start trusting spies? It all started a hundred years ago. First we put our faith in them to help win wars, then we turned against the bloodshed and expense, and asked our spies instead to deliver peace ... Leer más

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  • Veiled Warriors

    Allied Nurses of the First World War

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