Science, secrecy, and the Smithsonian: the strange history of the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
"In the fall of 1962, at the height of the Cold War, officers representing the three main military services, the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, arrived at the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington. The officers were from the Desert Test Center, a new military installation in Fort Douglas,...
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| Summary: | "In the fall of 1962, at the height of the Cold War, officers representing the three main military services, the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, arrived at the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington. The officers were from the Desert Test Center, a new military installation in Fort Douglas, Utah. The chapter describes how these officers outlined a biological survey of various Pacific islands that they wanted to be undertaken. They were not forthcoming with their motives in wanting the survey, but Smithsonian officials volunteered to perform the survey using their own scientists and others to be hired as needed." |
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
1.
SECRECY
COMES
TO THE
SMITHSONIAN
2.
RECRUITMENT
3.
PREQUELS
4.
LIFE
IN
THE
FIELD
5.
THE
ARTIFICIAL
ATOLL
6. PROJECT
112
7.
"BIRD
BOMBS"
8.
THE
MILITARY
PAYOFF
9.
THE
"SECRET"
EMERGES
10.
FATE
OF
THE
ISLANDS
11.
AFTERMATH
AND
AFTEREFFECTS
EPILOGUE
APPENDIX
I. THE
ORIGINAL
CONTRACT CREATING
THE
POBSP
APPENDIX
II: ENTOMOLOGICAL
WARFARE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
$
B1IOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
Y
.
IX
1
14
28
39
54
70
86
100
113
128
141
155
159
161
163
165
175 |
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
1.
SECRECY
COMES
TO THE
SMITHSONIAN
2.
RECRUITMENT
3.
PREQUELS
4.
LIFE
IN
THE
FIELD
5.
THE
ARTIFICIAL
ATOLL
6. PROJECT
112
7.
"BIRD
BOMBS"
8.
THE
MILITARY
PAYOFF
9.
THE
"SECRET"
EMERGES
10.
FATE
OF
THE
ISLANDS
11.
AFTERMATH
AND
AFTEREFFECTS
EPILOGUE
APPENDIX
I. THE
ORIGINAL
CONTRACT CREATING
THE
POBSP
APPENDIX
II: ENTOMOLOGICAL
WARFARE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
$
B1IOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
Y
.
IX
1
14
28
39
54
70
86
100
113
128
141
155
159
161
163
165
175 |
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