num_pages: 314
description: A ground-breaking book that traces Canadas pioneering role in the development of biological weapons; including insidious gases, germs, poisons, &amp; viruses; before, during, &amp; immediately after the Second World War. Discover how Canada mass-produced deadly anthrax at a secret island lab in the St. Lawrence River &amp; permitted hundreds of volunteers to be exposed to lung-searing mustard gas at a research station in Alberta. With 8 pages of photos, its a story of ingenuity, heroism, &amp; horror, culled from files that had been closed for almost half a century. A strong book . . . a book to be reckoned with.
language: English
title: Deadly Allies: Canada's Secret War, 1937-1947
publisher: McClelland & Stewart