New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

Stephen C. Mercado, "Japanese Spy Gear and Special Weapons: How Noborito's Scientists and Technicians Served in the Second World War and the Cold War" (Pen & Sword Military, 2025)

Stephen C. Mercado's book, "Japanese Spy Gear and Special Weapons," examines Imperial Japan's secret military technologies, including balloon bombs, poisons, counterfeiting, and biological weapons, developed at the Noborito Research Institute during World War II and the Cold War.

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