Chemical Heroes

Chemical Heroes: Pharmacological Supersoldiers in the US Military – A Book Talk with Andrew Bickford

Presented by the Gender⁺ Justice Initiative, DC Public Library, Anthropology Department and Women’s and Gender Studies Program

Moderated by Sarah Wagner, Professor of Anthropology, George Washington University

Chemical Heroes Named a 2021 CHOICE Magazine Outstanding Academic Title

Join us in welcoming Professor Andrew Bickford for a conversation on his book Chemical Heroes –Pharmacological Supersoldiers in the US Military (Duke University Press, 2021). Bickford analyzes the US military’s attempts to design performance enhancement technologies and create pharmacological “supersoldiers” capable of becoming ever more lethal while withstanding various forms of extreme trauma.

About the author:

Andrew Bickford is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Georgetown University, author of Fallen Elites: The Military Other in Post-Unification Germany, and coauthor of The Counter-Counterinsurgency Manual, or Notes on Demilitarizing American Society.

More info:

Purchase book – Publisher’s Page

In-Person Event

Open to Georgetown Community Only

Arrupe Hall – Multipurpose Room, Georgetown Main Campus