A higher form of killing : six weeks in World War I that forever changed the nature of warfare forev...
A higher form of killing : six weeks in World War I that forever changed the nature of warfare forev...
A higher form of killing : six weeks in World War I that forever changed the nature of warfare forever / Diana Preston.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Bloomsbury Press, 2015.
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G 2015/649
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Language
English
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Physical content
340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Spring 1915 : the legacy -- "A flash of lightning from the north" -- "Humanising war" -- "The law of facts" -- "A scrap of paper" -- "The worst of contrabands" -- "England will burn" -- "A most effective weapon" -- "Something that makes people permanently incapable of fighting" -- "Operation Disinfe...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Bloomsbury Press, 2015.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
"In six weeks during April and May 1915, as World War I escalated, Germany forever altered the way war would be fought with poison gas, torpedoes killing civilians, and aerial bombardment. Each of these actions violated rules of war carefully agreed at the Hague Conventions of 1898 and 1907. The era of weapons of mass destruction had dawned. While...
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A higher form of killing : six weeks in World War I that forever changed the nature of warfare forever / Diana Preston.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-324) and index.
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G 2015/649
Record Identifier
74VKOXpAE0gg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOXpAE0gg
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ISBN
1620402149 (paperback)
9781620402122 (hardback) :
1620402122 (hardback)
9781620402146 (paperback)
DDC
940.4/21
MMS ID
991022517719702626
