Hellfire boys : the birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadlies...
Hellfire boys : the birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadlies...
Hellfire boys : the birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadliest weapons / Theo Emery.
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Publisher
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Call Numbers
G 2017/6766
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xxi, 535 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimile ; 25 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: January 5, 1993 -- Prologue -- Part I. Catalyst. Holy week ; An American University ; Diabolical instruments ; Technical men ; Amos and Goliath ; "Fiendish work" -- Part II. Flash point. "A hotter fire" ; Over there ; "A constant menace" ; "Science and horror" ; "He who gasses last,...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
Traces the actions of the "Hellfire Battalion," a group of American engineers who were trained in gas warfare and were sent to the front lines in France to launch multiple assaults against the Germans.
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Hellfire boys : the birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadliest weapons / Theo Emery.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [443]-519) and index.
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©2017
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G 2017/6766
Record Identifier
74VKVGG0KbxZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGG0KbxZ
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ISBN
0316264105
9780316264105
DDC
358.34097309041
MMS ID
991024154208602626
