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The Poisonous Cloud. Chemical Warfare in the First World War.
L.f. Haber
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Description for The Poisonous Cloud. Chemical Warfare in the First World War.
hardcover. Examines the military role of chemical warfare and its effects on the people, industries, and administrations on both sides in the First World War. This book also considers the growing moral problems it created. Num Pages: 430 pages, halftones, maps, diagrams, tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWN; JWMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 790.
The author examines fully the military role of chemical warfare and its effects on the people, industries, and administrations on both sides; he also considers the growing moral problems it created. The launching of an entirely new weapon that did not discriminate between soldiers and civilians raised complex issues which were debated endlessly between the wars and which, in recent years, have led to agreement among the powers not to use chemical or biological warfare.
The author examines fully the military role of chemical warfare and its effects on the people, industries, and administrations on both sides; he also considers the growing moral problems it created. The launching of an entirely new weapon that did not discriminate between soldiers and civilians raised complex issues which were debated endlessly between the wars and which, in recent years, have led to agreement among the powers not to use chemical or biological warfare.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
Number of Pages
430
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198581420
SKU
V9780198581420
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for The Poisonous Cloud. Chemical Warfare in the First World War.
`admirably detached and scholarly study ... a work which not only makes and important contribution to the history of the First World War, but also raises more general issues about the military, scientific, political and moral problems inseparable from the introduction of new and controversial weapons.' Brian Bond Army Historical Research `an excellent and important book which has received less ... Read more