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

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"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 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
subject United States military history ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
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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The Great Secret: The Classified World War II Disaster that Launched the War on Cancer → hasSubtitle → The Classified World War II Disaster that Launched the War on Cancer ⓘ
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