The Great Secret: The Classified World War II Disaster that Launched the War on Cancer

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book history book

"The Great Secret: The Classified World War II Disaster that Launched the War on Cancer" is a historical nonfiction book that uncovers a long-suppressed wartime chemical disaster and shows how its aftermath helped catalyze modern cancer research and treatment.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
history book ⓘ
author Jennet Conant NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
explores how a wartime disaster influenced modern chemotherapy ⓘ
relationship between military research and medical advances ⓘ
focusesOn classified World War II chemical disaster ⓘ
link between wartime chemical exposure and cancer treatment ⓘ
genre historical nonfiction ⓘ
hasForm ebook ⓘ
print ⓘ
hasSubtitle The Classified World War II Disaster that Launched the War on Cancer NERFINISHED ⓘ
intendedAudience general readers ⓘ
readers interested in military history ⓘ
readers interested in science history ⓘ
language English ⓘ
narrativeStyle narrative history ⓘ
publicationYear 2020 ⓘ
publisher W. W. Norton & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject United States military history ⓘ
World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
cancer research ⓘ
chemical warfare ⓘ
medical history ⓘ
scientific secrecy ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 1940s ⓘ
World War II era ⓘ
topic development of chemotherapy ⓘ
mustard gas research ⓘ

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