In the following letter, Harvard scientist EARL
P. STEVENSON recommends dropping bomb-wielding
bats over enemy territory. Throughout history, creatures
large and small have been "weaponized" to attack
military and civilian populations. Animals often prove
unreliable as soldiers, however, and this plan was ultimately
scrapped. The following is an exclusive excerpt from the
Simon & Schuster audiobook BEHIND THE LINES by Andrew
Carroll, read by Adam West -- television's Batman. Get
transcript
Marines on Okinawa, 1945 (GLC06567)
Reprinted with permission from Andrew
Carroll's BEHIND THE LINES (Scribner, May
2005). For more information: www.warletters.com.