Title: The war animals - Tapa dura

The War Animals : The Training and Use of Animals as Weapons of War

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good-. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. First Edition. A little bruising to head of spine. Dust-jacket has been cut in half with a vertical cut on the rear panel near the spine, and then taped together again. Adhesive tape stains to dust-jacket. Tears and stains to ends of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; viii, 255, [1 (blank)] pages. Black papered boards with red cloth spine, black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 187 x 118mm. "The behavior of dolphins, pigeons, dogs, fish, and even mosquitoes has recently been tapped by scientists for military purposes. This unique book traces the development of such war animals from ancient times to the present . . . and bewyond: from the simple watchdog and the homing pigeon to the training of animals as highly sophisticated intelligence resources through modern scientific techniques of behavior modification." - from dust-jacket blurb. Nº de ref. del artículo: 28091

Contactar al vendedor