Dr Ishii gets away with it
Ian Buruma, 9 June 1994
Factories of Death: Japanese Biological Warfare, 1932-45, and the American Cover-Up
by Sheldon Harris.
Routledge, 297 pp., £25, December 1993,0 415 09105 5 Show More
by Sheldon Harris.
Routledge, 297 pp., £25, December 1993,
“... scientist, Koizumi Chikahiko, who fancied himself as a humanist as well as a patriot. His slogan, Sheldon Harris tells us, was ‘Great doctors tend their country, good doctors tend people, and lesser doctors heal illnesses.’ Healing was of little interest to Dr Ishii. Inflicting diseases on Japan’s enemies was his life’s work. According to his ... ”
