Dew of death : the story of Lewisite, America's World War I weapon of mass destruction / Joel A. Vil...
Dew of death : the story of Lewisite, America's World War I weapon of mass destruction / Joel A. Vil...
Dew of death : the story of Lewisite, America's World War I weapon of mass destruction / Joel A. Vilensky ; with the assistance of Pandy R. Sinish ; foreword by Richard Butler.
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Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2005.
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N358.3482/ 2
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English
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xxiii, 213 p. : ill., ports ; 24 cm.
Contents
Foreword / Richard Butler -- 1. 1878 : two stars are born -- 2. The poisonous yellow cloud and the American response -- 3. The hunt for a new king -- 4. The American university experimental station -- 5. Willoughby : the chemical warfare service's ace in the hole -- 6. The inter-war years -- 7. Mili...
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Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2005.
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Indiana
Date Published
c2005.
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"Joel A. Vilensky tells the story of the discovery and development of this weapon and its curious history. During World War II, the United States produced more than 20,000 tons of lewisite, testing it on soldiers and secretly dropping it from airplanes. In the end, the substance was abandoned as a weapon because it was too unstable under most comba...
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Dew of death : the story of Lewisite, America's World War I weapon of mass destruction / Joel A. Vilensky ; with the assistance of Pandy R. Sinish ; foreword by Richard Butler.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N358.3482/ 2
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74VKqlb4dvwd
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0253346126 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253346124 (cloth : alk. paper)
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358.3482
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991020432869702626
