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Behind the Gas Mask: The U.S. Chemical Warfare Service in War and Peace
Thomas I Faith
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Description for Behind the Gas Mask: The U.S. Chemical Warfare Service in War and Peace
Paperback. Offers an institutional history of the Chemical Warfare Service, the department tasked with improving the Army's ability to use and defend against chemical weapons during and after World War One. Num Pages: 176 pages, 20 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JFD; JWMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296.
In Behind the Gas Mask, Thomas Faith offers an institutional history of the Chemical Warfare Service, the department tasked with improving the Army's ability to use and defend against chemical weapons during and after World War One. Taking the CWS's story from the trenches to peacetime, he explores how the CWS's work on chemical warfare continued through the 1920s despite deep opposition to the weapons in both military and civilian circles.
As Faith shows, the believers in chemical weapons staffing the CWS allied with supporters in the military, government, and private industry to lobby to add chemical ... Read more
In Behind the Gas Mask, Thomas Faith offers an institutional history of the Chemical Warfare Service, the department tasked with improving the Army's ability to use and defend against chemical weapons during and after World War One. Taking the CWS's story from the trenches to peacetime, he explores how the CWS's work on chemical warfare continued through the 1920s despite deep opposition to the weapons in both military and civilian circles.
As Faith shows, the believers in chemical weapons staffing the CWS allied with supporters in the military, government, and private industry to lobby to add chemical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252080265
SKU
V9780252080265
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About Thomas I Faith
Thomas I. Faith is a historian at the U.S. Department of State.
Reviews for Behind the Gas Mask: The U.S. Chemical Warfare Service in War and Peace
"Well-researched and informative. . . . a good look at American preparation for and experience with gas exposure in World War I."
The Journal of America's Military Past "As the centennial anniversary of World War I is upon us and as chlorine gas is once again being used as a weapon of war in the Middle East, Faith's review ... Read more
The Journal of America's Military Past "As the centennial anniversary of World War I is upon us and as chlorine gas is once again being used as a weapon of war in the Middle East, Faith's review ... Read more