The Poisonous Cloud : Chemical Warfare in the First World War by Haber, L. F

Oxford/ New York: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1986. Hardcover. VG/VG (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Pages are otherwise very clean and clear. Binding is tight.). Navy cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; olive dust jacket, illustrated, mylar cover; xiv, 415 pp; illustrated in bw throughout. "The introduction of chemical warfare during the First World War was a major event in the history of military technology. It not only posed an unusual challenge to military thinking of the day, which was largely conventional and wholly unfamiliar with science; it also created a heated moral controversy surrounding the new weapon that did not discriminate between soldiers and civilians. This study explores the military role of chemical warfare as well as its effects on people, industries and administration on both sides." - publisher's description. Contents: Personal introduction -- Forerunners in fact and fiction -- The… Read More

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Clarendon Press, 1986-03-20. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!