Book, Clarendon Press, The poisonous cloud : chemical warfare in the First World War, 1986

Physical description

Index, bib, notes, ill, p.319.

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

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.

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