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1 online resource (x, 279 pages) : illustrations |
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Studies in war, society and the military |
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Studies in war, society, and the military.
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The political challenge : descent to atrocities? -- The army's experience : new weapons, new soldiers -- The scientific divide : chemists versus physicians -- Whose business is it? Dilemmas in the gas industry -- Gas as a symbol : visual images of chemical weapons in the popular press -- The reestablishment of the gas taboo and the public debate : will gas destroy the world? |
| Summary |
The advent of poison gas in World War I shocked Britons at all levels of society, yet by the end of the conflict their nation was a leader in chemical warfare. Although never used on the home front, poison gas affected almost every segment of British society physically, mentally, or emotionally, proving to be an armament of total war. Through cartoons, military records, novels, treaties, and other sources, Marion Girard examines the varied ways different sectors of British society viewed chemical warfare, from the industrialists who promoted their toxic weapons while maintaining private contro |
| Notes |
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 2002 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-261) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Chemical warfare -- Great Britain
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Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- War use -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- Toxicology.
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Chemical Warfare -- history
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Gas Poisoning
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World War I
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History, 20th Century
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War I.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Weapons.
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Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- Toxicology
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Chemical warfare
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Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- War use
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Chemischer Krieg
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Weltkrieg 1914-1918
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Öffentliche Meinung
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United Kingdom |
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Great Britain
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Großbritannien
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780803222052 |
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080322205X |
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1281241458 |
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9781281241450 |
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9786611241452 |
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6611241450 |
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