In a biography of Ishii (1892-1959), Port documents how he and his maniacal fellow physicians committed war crimes during World War II that are unimaginable by today's medical standards in a failed attempt to develop biological weapons. At the end of the war, he says, Ishii sold his research findings to the US Occupation and avoided prosecution for his crimes, living quietly and justifying his work until he died. He suspects that much of the obscurity around the story is due to people believing his version, though he shows that Ishii was a life-long pathological liar and sociopath. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)