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No Place to Run: The Canadian Corps and Gas Warfare in the First World War
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No Place to Run: The Canadian Corps and Gas Warfare in the First World War Hardcover - 2000

by Tim Cook


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Historians of the First World War have often dismissed the important role of poison gas in the battles of the Western Front. Tim Cook shows that the serious threat of gas did not disappear with the introduction of gas masks. By 1918, gas shells were used by all armies to deluge the battlefield, and those not instructed with a sound anti-gas doctrine left themselves exposed to this new chemical plague.This book provides a challenging re-examination of the function of gas warfare in the First World War, including its important role in delivering victory in the campaign of 1918 and its curious postwar legacy.

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  • Title No Place to Run: The Canadian Corps and Gas Warfare in the First World War
  • Author Tim Cook
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, B.C.
  • Date January 2000
  • ISBN 9780774807395 / 0774807393
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1949
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
    • Cultural Region: Canadian
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001430713
  • Dewey Decimal Code 358.340

About the author

Tim Cook is an archivist at the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa.

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NO PLACE TO RUN: THE CANADIAN CORPS AND GAS WARFARE IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR  **FIRST EDITION**
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NO PLACE TO RUN: THE CANADIAN CORPS AND GAS WARFARE IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR **FIRST EDITION**

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Vancouver: UBC Press, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: 296. An account of the use of gas throughout the war and its influence on ultimate victory and its postwar effects. Despite international agreements banning the use of gas, the attack by the Germans was unexpected, deliberate, and strongly carried out. The Canadians, unlike other forces on the line, stayed, fought, and suffered. During heavy fighting in the following days, the Canadians mostly held the line, and forced the Germans to abandon the attack. Includes illustrations, notes, a selected bibliography, and index. A near fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
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